Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEFIELD PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341380000257
Lincoln Elementary School
712 LINCOLN AVENUE, RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ 07660 · (201) 994-1830 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
8.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
188 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Elementary School→Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Ridgefield Park Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
54.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 47.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 (49.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 346 | 54.3% | 49.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School RIDGEFIELD PARK | 334 | 48.8% | 46.9% |
| Lillian M. Steen BOGOTA | 347 | 59.1% | 45.2% |
| Sara M. Gilmore Academy Union City | 400 | 54.8% | 78.8% |
| Belleville PS7 BELLEVILLE | 425 | 58.6% | 28.7% |
| Marie V. Duffy Elementary School Wharton | 434 | 54.8% | 38.2% |
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 Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #544 of 1,290 | #107 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #508 of 1,319 ▲ 104 | #106 of 149 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #534 of 1,319 ▲ 48 | #118 of 149 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #916 of 1,562 | #81 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #57 of 1,390 | #4 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #838 of 1,392 | #111 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #534 of 1,481 | #33 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #240 of 545 | #23 of 64 |
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
346
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 346 | 42 | 8.2:1 | 54% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 42 | 8.1:1 | 50% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 40 | 8.5:1 | 40% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 25 | 12.5:1 | 45% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 44% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 40% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 30% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (313 to 346); teachers up 68% (25 to 42).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in RIDGEFIELD PARK, New Jersey, under Ridgefield Park Public School District. It reports enrollment of 346 students in pre-K through 6.
Ridgefield Park Public School District has 4 schools; together they serve 2,067 students.
Hispanic students are 69% of those enrolled at Lincoln Elementary School. Other reported shares: 18% White, 5% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Bergen County residents. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 188 students, or 54%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lincoln Elementary School is 36.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.1%.
In the wider Bergen County area, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Bergen County, 291 public schools serve about 133,883 students.
Roosevelt Elementary School is the nearest public school to Lincoln Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lincoln Elementary School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 346, compared with 374 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 8.2:1, from 11.0:1.
The discussion board for Lincoln Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridgefield Park Public School District
- Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
Other schools in RIDGEFIELD PARK
- Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,159 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 103rd largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBERGENFIELD, NJ · 443 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 420 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolHASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.5 mi · 334
- E. Roy Bixby0.5 mi · 314
- Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School0.7 mi · 1,159
- Jackson Avenue0.8 mi · 438
- Bogota Middle School0.9 mi · 166
- Grant Elementary School1.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 8.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Ridgefield Park Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.