Lincoln School

Lincoln School is one of the cozy primary schools in POMPTON LAKES, New Jersey, operated by Pompton Lakes School District, with 344 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 4 schools in Pompton Lakes School District (1,679 students total), Lincoln School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 41% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Passaic County) logs that median household earnings sit near $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Lincoln School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lakeside School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln School has increased 8%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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