Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in NEWARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Newark Public School District, caters to 420 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within Newark Public School District, which oversees 65 schools and 41,502 students, Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Lincoln Elementary School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.8%, the actual is 12.1%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate 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%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Lincoln Elementary School is one.

Ivy Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.9%.

Lincoln Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 420). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 95% to 73%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.