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Alumni: what's one memory from Lincoln K-8 School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001005
Lincoln K-8 School
1122 8TH AVE SE, ROCHESTER, MN 55904 · (507) 328-3550 · Olmsted County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
86 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
57.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
63.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
506
+83 (+20%) vs 2017
% White
66%
was 74%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
9%
was 7%
% Asian
11%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, members of the Lincoln K-8 School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Mayo High School0.4 mi · 1,787
- Middle School ALC0.6 mi · 31
- Rochester Academy-Idp Living(RAIL)0.6 mi · 83
- Middle School Right Fit0.6 mi · 27
- Riverside Central Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- Care & Treatment at ESC0.7 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln K-8 SchoolHow large is Lincoln K-8 School?
Lincoln K-8 School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Lincoln K-8 School serve?
Lincoln K-8 School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln K-8 School?
Approximately unreported students per teacher at Lincoln K-8 School.
How diverse is Lincoln K-8 School?
Lincoln K-8 School reports a student body of 66% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln K-8 School?
Lincoln K-8 School is overseen by Rochester Public School District in Olmsted County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.