Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus in CALDWELL, New Jersey, operated by Caldwell-West School District. The school caters to 253 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Caldwell-West School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,520 students. Lincoln Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest is composed of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Lincoln Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Lincoln Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Essex County) reports that median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Essex Fells Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 253). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 6% to 1%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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