LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in CALDWELL, Idaho, run under CALDWELL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 297 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within CALDWELL DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 5,431 students, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 47% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Canyon County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Canyon County's rate of about 51%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Canyon County shows median household earnings sit near $76,488, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SOUTHWEST IDAHO JUVENILE DETENTION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 25%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2024. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 54% to 47%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2024.

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