Lincoln K-8 School

Lincoln K-8 School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, run under Rochester Public School District, serves 506 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within Rochester Public School District, which oversees 44 schools and 17,171 students, Lincoln K-8 School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln K-8 School reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Olmsted County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln K-8 School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 55.7%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Olmsted County put the typical household earns roughly $95,406 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Olmsted County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), of which Lincoln K-8 School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mayo High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 20%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 66% across the same window.

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