LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a roomy primary school in Dickinson, North Dakota, run under DICKINSON 1, hosts 387 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 83% bigger than the state mean of about 212.

DICKINSON 1 comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,177 students; LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Black. Compared to Stark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Stark County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,449 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stark County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,206 students), of which LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 3%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 387 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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