Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362631003606
LINCOLN SCHOOL
40 ALBION ST, SCOTIA, NY 12302 · (518) 382-1296 · Schenectady County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B+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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
78 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 LINCOLN SCHOOL
LINCOLN SCHOOL's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN SCHOOL this school | 185 | 42.2% | 64.0% |
| THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL THERESA | 163 | 43.6% | 55.3% |
| KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KERHONKSON | 215 | 46.0% | 57.8% |
| FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORESTVILLE | 211 | 41.2% | 52.3% |
| ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEDROW | 208 | 45.2% | N/A |
| ELBA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELBA | 225 | 44.9% | 34.0% |
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 LINCOLN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Schenectady County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #599 of 2,335 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #687 of 2,342 ▼ 20 | #6 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #662 of 2,343 ▲ 71 | #6 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #2,421 of 2,585 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #1,634 of 2,534 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #363 of 1,757 | #1 of 17 |
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
185
-46 (-20%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 185 | 21 | 8.8:1 | 42% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 24.1 | 8.8:1 | 35% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 25.8 | 9.2:1 | 42% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 26 | 8.9:1 | 35% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 254 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 39% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 36% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 24 | 10.6:1 | 30% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 20% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN SCHOOL.
About LINCOLN SCHOOL
LINCOLN SCHOOL is a small elementary school in SCOTIA, New York, under SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 185 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
LINCOLN SCHOOL is among 6 schools run by SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 2,102 students.
By race and ethnicity, LINCOLN SCHOOL is 81% White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 12 points above the 69% share among Schenectady County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
There are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.8:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Of all students at LINCOLN SCHOOL, 42% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Schenectady County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Among New York public elementary schools, LINCOLN SCHOOL outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
LINCOLN SCHOOL is 4.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.0% versus 59.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For the population of Schenectady County, the median household earns about $79,623 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. LINCOLN SCHOOL shares Schenectady County with 39 other public schools.
LINCOLN SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, LINCOLN SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 20%.
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Schenectady County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,369
Census ACS
Median income
$79,623
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- SACANDAGA SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
Other schools in SCOTIA
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 689 students
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 489 students
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- SACANDAGA SCHOOLElementary · 319 students
- GLENDAAL SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 196 students
Other Lincoln schools
30 other US public schools in 11 states are named Lincoln. LINCOLN SCHOOL is the 25th largest of the 31.
- LINCOLN SCHOOLMOUNT VERNON, NY · 470 students
- Lincoln SchoolPeoria, IL · 823 students
- Lincoln SchoolLAYTON, UT · 642 students
- Lincoln SchoolFAIRVIEW, NJ · 635 students
- Lincoln SchoolLincoln, MA · 546 students
Nearby schools
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 689
- SACANDAGA SCHOOL0.5 mi · 319
- SCOTIA-GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 489
- GLEN-WORDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 196
- DESTINE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL2.1 mi · 213
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN SCHOOLHow many students attend LINCOLN SCHOOL?
LINCOLN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades KG-05.
Is LINCOLN SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LINCOLN SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does LINCOLN SCHOOL have?
LINCOLN SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINCOLN SCHOOL?
At LINCOLN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian.
Is LINCOLN SCHOOL public or private?
LINCOLN SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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