Lincoln Elementary School for Arts

Lincoln Elementary School for Arts is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in ANOKA, Minnesota, operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District, teacheing 432 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Lincoln Elementary School for Arts is one of 53 schools operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District, a district that instructs 38,746 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary School for Arts records that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder reads as 13% multiracial, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary School for Arts sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 39.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Anoka County indicate median household income runs about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Anoka County runs 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), of which Lincoln Elementary School for Arts is one.

Anoka Middle School for the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School for Arts. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary School for Arts ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School for Arts has shrank 4%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 58% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, members of the Lincoln Elementary School for Arts community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.