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What's the one class at Lincoln Park Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340858004294
Lincoln Park Elementary School
274 PINEBROOK ROAD, LINCOLN PARK, NJ 07035 · (973) 696-5530 · Morris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
124 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Park Elementary School→Lincoln Park Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lincoln Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.4pp 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 62 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
-20 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.6:1
% White
61%
was 68%
% Hispanic
28%
was 19%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
5%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lincoln Park Elementary School
Lincoln Park Elementary School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in LINCOLN PARK, New Jersey, operated by Lincoln Park School District, instructing 500 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.
Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Lincoln Park School District, a district that educates 868 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Lincoln Park Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.
Looking at school resources, Lincoln Park Elementary School shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Lincoln Park Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Park Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.
In the surrounding community, Morris County reports that median household earnings sit near $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).
Nearest neighbor: Ryerson Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Park Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Park Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Lincoln Park Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 500). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 19% to 28%.
On this page, members of the Lincoln Park Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Lincoln Park School District
- Lincoln Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Ryerson Elementary School1.5 mi · 250
- Lincoln Park Middle School1.8 mi · 368
- Essex Junior Academy1.8 mi · 15
- Essex Campus Academy1.8 mi · 37
- Essex High School1.8 mi · 34
- Winston S. Churchill School2.2 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Lincoln Park Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Park Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Park Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Park Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Park Elementary School in?
Lincoln Park Elementary School is part of Lincoln Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.