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Enrollment
946
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003350
Lincoln Elementary School
53 BROOKVILLE ROAD, EDISON, NJ 08817 · (732) 650-5270 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
220 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (179).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 61.6% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 946 | 23.3% | 62.8% |
| Menlo Park Elementary School EDISON | 802 | 22.3% | 69.4% |
| Woodbrook Elementary School EDISON | 786 | 13.9% | 71.3% |
| Millstone River School PLAINSBORO | 772 | 10.5% | 62.0% |
| Martin Luther King Elementary School EDISON | 591 | 14.7% | 73.8% |
| Maurice Hawk Elementary School West Windsor | 723 | 11.3% | 71.5% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #285 of 1,290 | #23 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #296 of 1,319 ▲ 51 | #23 of 111 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #258 of 1,319 ▼ 8 | #16 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 946 | #21 of 1,562 | #1 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,291 of 1,390 | #111 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #926 of 1,392 | #93 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #978 of 1,481 | #98 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #182 of 545 | #9 of 30 |
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
946
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 946 | 64.2 | 14.7:1 | 23% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 65.2 | 14.5:1 | 21% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 926 | 62.6 | 14.8:1 | 16% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 54 | 17.4:1 | 6% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 835 | 37 | 22.6:1 | 12% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 7% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 31 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (835 to 946); teachers up 74% (37 to 64.2).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of EDISON, New Jersey. The school enrolls 946 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
The district for Lincoln Elementary School is Edison Township School District, with 19 schools and 16,617 students.
Federal enrollment data show Lincoln Elementary School is 72% Asian. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 47 points above the 26% share among Middlesex County residents. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The school has 64.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal data show 23% of students (220) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
Lincoln Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Lincoln Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 62.8% actual against a predicted 53.4%.
Looking at the county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Middlesex County has 214 public schools with about 129,255 students, including Lincoln Elementary School.
Lincoln Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Edison Early Learning Center, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Lincoln Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Lincoln Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.8% against a local average of 55.5%.
Lincoln Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School was 939 in 2020-21 and 946 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edison Township School District
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Other schools in EDISON
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBERGENFIELD, NJ · 443 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 420 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolHASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ · 364 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 52
- Edison High School0.6 mi · 2,393
- Washington Elementary School0.8 mi · 630
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 619
- Edgar Middle School1.2 mi · 761
- Edison Academy Magnet School1.4 mi · 173
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 946 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 72% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edison Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.