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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272805001225
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY
747 HAVANA RD, OWATONNA, MN 55060 · (507) 444-8100 · Steele County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
185 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LINCOLN ELEMENTARY
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY this school | 505 | 36.6% | 45.5% |
| LUVERNE ELEMENTARY LUVERNE | 515 | 36.7% | 56.3% |
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary DILWORTH | 555 | 35.7% | 43.7% |
| BLUFF VIEW ELEMENTARY LAKE CITY | 592 | 37.0% | 40.7% |
| Montgomery Pre K-8 MONTGOMERY | 608 | 38.0% | 40.8% |
| Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 PLAINVIEW | 441 | 37.0% | 53.8% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LINCOLN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Steele County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #426 of 844 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #327 of 844 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #450 of 844 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #290 of 1,130 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #378 of 769 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #553 of 796 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #572 of 942 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #248 of 499 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
505
-45 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 505 | 37.1 | 13.6:1 | 37% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 37.7 | 16.2:1 | 36% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 35.9 | 16.5:1 | 37% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 33% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 35.2 | 16.6:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 29% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 27% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 10% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 31 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (585 to 505); teachers up 5% (35.2 to 37.1).
About LINCOLN ELEMENTARY
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in OWATONNA, Minnesota, one of the schools in OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 505 students. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 47% larger than average.
District-wide, OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 13 schools and 4,890 students.
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY enrolls a student body that is 81% White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is 37.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. The school counts 185 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 37%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 45.4% and the result is 45.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Steele County, median household income is about $84,196, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 24 public schools operate in Steele County, serving about 6,997 students.
Nearest public school: OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around LINCOLN ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 505 was 8% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 550. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.6:1, from 15.3:1.
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Steele County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,439
Census ACS
Median income
$84,196
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OWATONNA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,468 students
- Owatonna Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 510 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 468 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 454 students
- Owatonna Online 9-12High · 136 students
Other schools in OWATONNA
- OWATONNA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,468 students
- Owatonna Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 510 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 468 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 454 students
- Owatonna Online 9-12High · 136 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is the 38th largest of the 214.
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 554 students
- Lincoln ElementaryALEXANDRIA, MN · 481 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYLITTLE FALLS, MN · 477 students
- Lincoln ElementaryWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN · 469 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYFARIBAULT, MN · 391 students
Nearby schools
- OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH0.8 mi · 1,468
- Roosevelt ELC0.8 mi · 32
- CHOICE Technical Academy0.9 mi · 44
- Owatonna Online 9-121.0 mi · 136
- Owatonna Online 7-81.0 mi · 22
- Owatonna Online K-61.0 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
Is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY are roughly 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY in?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is part of OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.