Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361563001352
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 FRONT ST, JAMESTOWN, NY 14701 · (716) 483-4412 · Chautauqua County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New York 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.
- BBeats 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
256 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
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 | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (70).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 72% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 48.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for New York 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 York'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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 377 | 67.9% | 47.9% |
| KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 340 | 67.9% | 33.3% |
| FAIRGRIEVE SCHOOL FULTON | 390 | 68.2% | 16.5% |
| NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 435 | 70.6% | 28.8% |
| SOLVAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOLVAY | 436 | 69.0% | 43.3% |
| CLYDE-SAVANNAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLYDE | 367 | 66.2% | 20.7% |
Matched among New York 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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,254 of 2,335 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #978 of 2,342 ▲ 407 | #4 of 21 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,516 of 2,343 ▲ 12 | #10 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,506 of 2,585 | #8 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #545 of 2,338 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #1,477 of 2,388 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #1,011 of 2,534 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #887 of 1,757 | #9 of 20 |
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
377
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 377 | 36.6 | 10.3:1 | 68% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 70% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 35.1 | 10.7:1 | 63% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 59% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 56% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 69% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 45% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 48% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 301 FRONT ST in JAMESTOWN, New York, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 377 students.
JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 9 schools, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 4,370 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73% White. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points below the 86% share among Chautauqua County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
The school has 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 68% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Chautauqua County, the average is 57%.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 47.9% actual against 50.0% predicted.
The school is in Chautauqua County, where median household income comes to about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chautauqua County's 51 public schools enroll about 17,056 students and include ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 36.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The federal government classifies ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Town: Distant.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 395 in 2020-21 to 377 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.6:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
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- PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 373
- SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 289
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,292
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 509
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 588
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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