Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School

Located at 121 Nichols St, in Cardington, Ohio, Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that caters to 392 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within Cardington-Lincoln Local.

Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Cardington-Lincoln Local, a district that enrolls 920 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Morrow County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Morrow County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,283 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Morrow County (combined enrollment of about 4,685 students).

The closest other public school is Cardington-Lincoln Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.