Lincoln School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Miles City, Montana, Lincoln School works with 166 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by Miles City Elem.

Miles City Elem comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 926 students; Lincoln School is among them.

Demographically, Lincoln School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder is composed of 7% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Custer County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Lincoln School higher than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Custer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,605 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Custer County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students), Lincoln School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Custer Co District High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln School has fell 35%, going from 257 students in 2018 to 166 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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