LINCOLN ES

LINCOLN ES is an intimate middle-grades school in Chickasha, Oklahoma, one of the schools within CHICKASHA. The school hosts 308 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 388 students each, so LINCOLN ES sits 21% below that benchmark.

CHICKASHA runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,225 students. LINCOLN ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LINCOLN ES lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 4% Black. By comparison, Grady County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, LINCOLN ES shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grady County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LINCOLN ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.4%; this one delivers 36.3%.

In the area at large, Grady County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,419 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. LINCOLN ES is one of 33 public schools in Grady County (combined enrollment of about 9,669 students).

The closest other public school is CHICKASHA MS, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LINCOLN ES comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. LINCOLN ES's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 308). The White share of enrollment fell from 61% to 54% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.