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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY this year?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274236001791
Lincoln Elementary
1961 6TH ST, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN 55110 · (651) 653-2820 · Ramsey County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
87 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
71.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
71.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 469 | 18.6% | 66.0% |
| AFTON-LAKELAND ELEMENTARY LAKELAND | 437 | 15.8% | 67.4% |
| Byron Primary School BYRON | 519 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Five Hawks Elementary PRIOR LAKE | 454 | 20.9% | 56.2% |
| Otter Lake Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE | 492 | 20.5% | 57.9% |
| CONGDON ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 474 | 20.7% | 64.7% |
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 Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #63 of 844 | #6 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #98 of 844 | #6 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #43 of 844 | #5 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #350 of 1,130 | #31 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #753 of 769 | #79 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #569 of 796 | #72 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #849 of 942 | #95 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #244 of 244 | #27 of 27 |
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
469
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 469 | 24.5 | 19.1:1 | 19% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 25.6 | 18.5:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 24.2 | 19.4:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 25% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 10% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 26 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (468 to 469); teachers up 1% (24.2 to 24.5).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is an elementary school in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, and it is part of White Bear Lake School District. It has an enrollment of 469 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 36% larger than average.
Lincoln Elementary belongs to White Bear Lake School District, a district of 20 schools and 11,839 students.
Of every 100 students at Lincoln Elementary, about 82 are White. Other students are 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 59% White share among all Ramsey County residents. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Elementary are from different groups.
Lincoln Elementary has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. At Lincoln Elementary, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County is 38 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln Elementary, the prediction is 55.1% and the result is 66.0%.
In the surrounding county, Ramsey County, the median household earns about $81,568 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lincoln Elementary, Ramsey County has 302 public schools.
The closest school to Lincoln Elementary is Central Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 44.6% on proficiency, and Lincoln Elementary is above that at 66.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 448 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 469 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 19.1:1, from 16.6:1.
The Lincoln Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White Bear Lake School District
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in WHITE BEAR LAKE
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 47th largest of the 214.
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 554 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYOWATONNA, MN · 505 students
- Lincoln ElementaryALEXANDRIA, MN · 481 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYLITTLE FALLS, MN · 477 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYFARIBAULT, MN · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle0.3 mi · 922
- White Bear Lake Area High School0.5 mi · 2,572
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIOR0.5 mi · 1,322
- Birch Lake Elementary0.8 mi · 239
- Otter Lake Elementary1.6 mi · 492
- Lakeaires Elementary1.9 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary public or private?
Lincoln Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by White Bear Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.