Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 212
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARGO 1·NCES 380678000201
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2120 9th St S, Fargo, ND 58103 · (701) 446-4900 · Cass County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of North Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 North Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
194 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 37%
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 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 49% · 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
Test scores
ND A+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
ND avg 38.7%
Math
41.0%
ND avg 40.0%
What this means: On the ND A+, North Dakota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Dakota schools, those numbers are about 39 and 40.
Source: ND A+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 330 | 58.8% | N/A |
| LAKE AGASSIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grand Forks | 464 | 61.6% | N/A |
| HORACE MANN ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Fargo | 344 | 48.5% | N/A |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Minot | 336 | 62.8% | N/A |
| L E BERGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL West Fargo | 360 | 61.7% | N/A |
| MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Fargo | 169 | 53.8% | N/A |
Matched among North Dakota 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Dakota | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #131 of 199 | #26 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #139 of 199 | #26 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #72 of 283 | #25 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #18 of 130 | #3 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #8 of 131 | #2 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #27 of 201 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #26 of 74 | #9 of 19 |
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
330
-54 (-14%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 330 | 36 | 9.2:1 | 59% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 36 | 8.9:1 | 52% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 35.3 | 9.2:1 | 56% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 35.5 | 11.3:1 | 48% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 45 | 11.2:1 | 49% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 44% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 18% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 16 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (401 to 330); teachers up 1% (35.5 to 36).
About LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in Fargo, North Dakota. The school enrolls 330 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Dakota is about 212, so this school runs 56% above that.
FARGO 1 is the district for LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 26 schools and 11,443 students.
White students form the largest group at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 45% of enrollment. Next come 19% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Native American. That compares with about 82% White among all Cass County residents. By the diversity index, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 72%.
Its teaching staff equals 36 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Dakota average 11.4:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 59%. The 30% average for public schools in Cass County is 29 points lower.
allk12 grades LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Among Cass County residents, median household income is about $75,555, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 66 public schools in Cass County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,826.
The nearest public school is LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.8 miles. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
NCES describes the area around LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 384 students to 330. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.4:1 to 9.2:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
193,400
Census ACS
Median income
$75,555
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
27,826 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARGO 1
- FARGO DAVIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,277 students
- NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,110 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 992 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- CARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other schools in Fargo
- FARGO DAVIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,277 students
- NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,110 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 992 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 898 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 873 students
- CARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 118th largest of the 214.
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLincoln, ND · 605 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDickinson, ND · 387 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJamestown, ND · 179 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBeach, ND · 150 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
Nearby schools
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 439
- EXPLORER ACADEMY0.8 mi · 34
- CLARA BARTON HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 312
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 898
- CARL BEN EIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 677
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL1.4 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 330 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 45% White, 16% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FARGO 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.