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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School right now?
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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341227002406
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School
216 LINCOLN AVE, ORANGE, NJ 07050 · (973) 677-4130 · Essex County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
523 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
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 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 21% smaller than its 7th grade class (89).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School→Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation
Based on grade levels within ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 14.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Avenue Elementary School
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary School this school | 728 | 71.8% | 21.6% |
| Thirteenth Avenue School NEWARK | 833 | 68.7% | 9.4% |
| Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center HILLSIDE | 625 | 69.3% | N/A |
| Senator Frank Lautenberg School PATERSON | 605 | 70.2% | 5.3% |
| Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School JERSEY CITY | 613 | 79.0% | 29.1% |
| Fairfield Township School BRIDGETON | 526 | 78.1% | 7.8% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,106 of 1,290 | #93 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,162 of 1,319 ▲ 33 | #105 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,047 of 1,319 ▲ 73 | #99 of 141 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #96 of 1,562 | #20 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #757 of 1,390 | #35 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #742 of 1,392 | #50 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #327 of 1,481 | #63 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #455 of 545 | #52 of 61 |
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
728
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 728 | 63 | 11.6:1 | 72% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 60 | 11.8:1 | 71% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 60 | 11.5:1 | 80% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 63 | 11.2:1 | 81% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 55.5 | 12.8:1 | 75% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 71% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 87% (592) |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 36 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (708 to 728); teachers up 14% (55.5 to 63).
About Lincoln Avenue Elementary School
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School is a large elementary school in ORANGE, New Jersey, one of the schools in ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. Total enrollment is 728 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 7. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School is part of ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District, where 12 schools serve 5,527 students.
Hispanic students are 53% of those enrolled at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School. Other reported shares: 44% Black. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Essex County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Staffing at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School comes to 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. Lincoln Avenue Elementary School counts 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.6%, compared with a predicted 26.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Essex County show that median household income comes to about $80,789, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Essex County counts 249 public schools with about 145,473 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Lincoln Avenue Elementary School from the closest public school, Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Lincoln Avenue Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Lincoln Avenue Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 3% over 4 years, reaching 728 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Rosa Parks Community SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationMiddle · 397 students
- Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other schools in ORANGE
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Rosa Parks Community SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationMiddle · 397 students
- Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Lincoln Avenue Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lincoln Avenue Elementary. Lincoln Avenue Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAYVILLE, NY · 428 students
- Lincoln Avenue ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation0.1 mi · 397
- Orange High School0.2 mi · 1,368
- Rosa Parks Community School0.5 mi · 593
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 369
- Oakwood Avenue Community School0.6 mi · 272
- Forest Street Community Elementary School0.6 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Avenue Elementary School?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does Lincoln Avenue Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
How many teachers does Lincoln Avenue Elementary School have?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 53% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Avenue Elementary School?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School is overseen by ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.