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Which teacher or staff member at Lincoln Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469602719
Lincoln Elementary School
261 Helmbright Dr, Gahanna, OH 43230 · (614) 478-5555 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Ohio 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
270 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.5pp since 2021
Math
80.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +25.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 59.1% |
| 2021-22 | 65.8% | 54.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 730 | 37.0% | 75.2% |
| McVay Elementary School Westerville | 591 | 34.2% | 77.0% |
| Edison Elementary School Willoughby | 543 | 46.0% | 64.0% |
| Worthington Estates Elementary School Worthington | 555 | 32.3% | 75.5% |
| Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center Clayton | 856 | 40.7% | N/A |
| Annehurst Elementary School Westerville | 409 | 42.1% | 69.4% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #355 of 673 | #34 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #379 of 1,569 ▲ 340 | #26 of 199 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #396 of 1,569 ▼ 90 | #35 of 199 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.9pp | #54 of 1,514 | #13 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #122 of 1,808 | #9 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,420 of 1,582 | #166 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #211 of 1,590 | #58 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #428 of 767 | #43 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +75.1% | #38 of 561 | #3 of 52 |
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
730
+324 (+80%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 730 | 34 | 21.5:1 | 37% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 30.5 | 23.7:1 | 31% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 28 | 25.7:1 | 28% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 29% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 7% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 75% (417 to 730); teachers up 55% (22 to 34).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Federal records list Lincoln Elementary School as an elementary school in Gahanna, Ohio. It serves 730 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 81% bigger than that.
Lincoln Elementary School is in Gahanna-Jefferson City, a district with 8,290 students across 13 schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Lincoln Elementary School, at 47%. Other groups include 32% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County residents are about 59% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lincoln Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.5:1. That is higher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Lincoln Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Lincoln Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 75.2% actual against 74.8% predicted.
Franklin County has these Census figures: the median household income is $75,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Franklin County is home to 402 public schools and about 195,359 public school students.
Gahanna South Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Lincoln Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lincoln Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 75.2% versus a 76.0% average.
The federal government classifies Lincoln Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 406 to 730. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.4:1 to 21.5:1 over the same years.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gahanna-Jefferson City
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Gahanna
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 395 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls, OH · 370 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLakewood, OH · 270 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWadsworth, OH · 195 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
Nearby schools
- Gahanna South Middle School0.1 mi · 653
- Gahanna Lincoln High School - OLS0.8 mi · 15
- Lincoln High School0.8 mi · 2,468
- Gahanna- Jefferson Clark Hall0.9 mi · 176
- Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 437
- High Point Elementary School1.7 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 9% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Gahanna-Jefferson City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.