Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORMAN·NCES 402172001077
Lincoln Elementary School
915 Classen Boulevard, Norman, OK 73071 · (405) 366-5904 · Cleveland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·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 Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
164 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 68%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 73% · 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
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
48.1%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 258 | 63.6% | 45.3% |
| Grissom Elementary School Tulsa | 342 | 60.2% | 30.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Norman | 331 | 62.2% | N/A |
| Myers Elementary School Yukon | 397 | 68.3% | N/A |
| Lynn Wood Elementary School Broken Arrow | 407 | 65.4% | 29.9% |
| Parkland Elementary School Yukon | 288 | 62.2% | 47.5% |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma | In Cleveland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #100 of 555 | #15 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #121 of 651 | #16 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #91 of 523 | #13 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #604 of 941 | #48 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #18 of 708 | #1 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #138 of 708 | #15 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #576 of 876 | #20 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #285 of 548 | #20 of 39 |
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
258
+17 (+7%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 258 | 21.9 | 11.8:1 | 64% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 21.4 | 12.5:1 | 63% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 21.2 | 13.4:1 | 55% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 55% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 58% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 64% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 46% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 31% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 18 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (298 to 258); teachers up 4% (21 to 21.9).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Norman, Oklahoma. It enrolls 258 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 30% below the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma.
NORMAN is the district for Lincoln Elementary School. It has 25 schools and 16,048 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Lincoln Elementary School is White, with 43% of students. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Black, and 4% Native American. Cleveland County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 72%.
The school had 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma is 15.6:1. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Cleveland County.
Lincoln Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of Oklahoma public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lincoln Elementary School would score about 33.8%. It scores 45.3%, 11.5 points above that figure.
Census data for Cleveland County show median household income comes to about $77,068, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 72 public schools and about 45,218 students.
Lincoln Elementary School's nearest public school is Longfellow Middle School (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The school grew from 241 students in 2020-21 to 258 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,047
Census ACS
Median income
$77,068
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
45,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORMAN
- Norman North High SchoolHigh · 2,400 students
- Norman High SchoolHigh · 2,100 students
- Whittier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Dimensions AcademyElementary · 738 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Alcott Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
Other schools in Norman
- Norman North High SchoolHigh · 2,400 students
- Norman High SchoolHigh · 2,100 students
- Whittier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Dimensions AcademyElementary · 738 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Alcott Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 167th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPryor, OK · 621 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolArdmore, OK · 409 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 337 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPonca City, OK · 316 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChickasha, OK · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Middle School0.7 mi · 708
- Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 331
- Le Monde Elementary School1.0 mi · 459
- Kennedy Elementary School1.0 mi · 478
- Wilson Elementary School1.0 mi · 212
- McKinley Elementary School1.1 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORMAN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.