Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKAWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341410004504
Lincoln Elementary School
37 KELLER AVENUE, ROCKAWAY, NJ 07866 · (973) 625-8602 · Morris County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
76 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 25 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 24% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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→Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Based on grade levels within Rockaway Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -24.4pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 24 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 56.9% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 272 | 27.9% | 47.5% |
| Ryerson Elementary School WAYNE | 250 | 29.6% | 38.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School HAWTHORNE | 264 | 23.9% | 55.3% |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Helen I. Smith School SADDLE BROOK | 340 | 29.1% | 45.3% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary School North Arlington | 297 | 33.7% | 51.3% |
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 Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #579 of 1,290 | #65 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #816 of 1,319 ▼ 377 | #69 of 77 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,028 of 1,319 ▼ 541 | #75 of 77 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,219 of 1,562 | #78 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,013 of 1,390 | #83 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #429 of 1,392 | #23 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #889 of 1,481 | #20 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #117 of 545 | #14 of 40 |
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
272
+49 (+22%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 172
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 272 | 21.6 | 12.6:1 | 28% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 25.6 | 10.7:1 | 23% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 23.8 | 11.4:1 | 19% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 26% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 24 | 9.6:1 | 23% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 11% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 11% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 172 | 10 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (230 to 272); teachers down 10% (24 to 21.6).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in ROCKAWAY, New Jersey. Its 272 students are spread across pre-K through 3. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Lincoln Elementary School falls under Rockaway Borough School District, which has 2 schools enrolling 571 students.
The most common group at Lincoln Elementary School is White students, at 46%. Enrollment also includes 40% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 22 points below the 68% share among Morris County residents. Lincoln Elementary School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lincoln Elementary School was 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. Lincoln Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 28%. It compares with 19% for public schools in Morris County.
Lincoln Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Lincoln Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 50.9%. Lincoln Elementary School scores 47.5%, 3.3 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Morris County show that the median household income is $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in the county.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Lincoln Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 47.5% is below the 55.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment grew from 223 in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 9.7:1 to 12.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockaway Borough School District
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 299 students
Other schools in ROCKAWAY
- Morris Knolls High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Morris Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,140 students
- Copeland Middle SchoolMiddle · 799 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Katharine D Malone Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 299 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 162nd 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
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School0.1 mi · 299
- Academy for Performing Arts0.9 mi · 144
- Morris Knolls High School0.9 mi · 1,450
- Morris Hills High School1.1 mi · 1,140
- Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering1.1 mi · 181
- Stony Brook Elementary School1.3 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-03.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 40% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockaway Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.