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What tradition at Lincoln Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANTS PASS SD 7·NCES 410591000459
Lincoln Elementary School
1132 NE 10th St, Grants Pass, OR 97526 · (541) 474-7719 · Josephine County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Oregon 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.
- ·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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
270 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 76%
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 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 31.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 386 | 69.9% | 34.9% |
| Astor Elementary School Astoria | 342 | 70.8% | N/A |
| Whitworth Elementary School Dallas | 367 | 70.0% | 33.5% |
| Highland Elementary School Grants Pass | 344 | 69.8% | 39.6% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School St Helens | 426 | 72.3% | 26.3% |
| Veneta Elementary School Veneta | 340 | 70.6% | 41.2% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Oregon | In Josephine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #283 of 591 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #243 of 646 ▲ 110 | #3 of 12 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #327 of 646 ▲ 49 | #6 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #231 of 710 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #451 of 587 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #349 of 587 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #379 of 645 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #348 of 493 | #7 of 11 |
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
386
+66 (+21%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 386 | 20.7 | 18.7:1 | 70% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 70% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 59% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 21 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 74% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 74% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 21 | 19.6:1 | 75% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 51% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 17 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (449 to 386); teachers down 14% (24 to 20.7).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Grants Pass, Oregon. Enrollment stands at 386 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 20% larger than the average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Lincoln Elementary School is run by Grants Pass SD 7, whose 11 schools enroll 5,562 students.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Lincoln Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. In Josephine County overall, about 86% of residents are White. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. In all, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 84% average among public schools in Josephine County.
Lincoln Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Oregon public elementary schools.
In Oregon, Lincoln Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.9% actual against a predicted 35.4%.
For Josephine County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $60,098, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 28 public schools and about 9,944 students.
Lincoln Elementary School's nearest public school is Grants Pass High School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Lincoln Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
The school grew from 320 students in 2020-21 to 386 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.2:1 to 18.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lincoln Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Josephine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,179
Census ACS
Median income
$60,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
9,944 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grants Pass SD 7
- Grants Pass High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Allen Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Grants Pass
- Grants Pass High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Hidden Valley High SchoolHigh · 522 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- North Valley High SchoolHigh · 424 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 85th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWoodburn, OR · 578 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCorvallis, OR · 311 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Grants Pass High School0.4 mi · 1,658
- North Middle School1.0 mi · 673
- Highland Elementary School1.2 mi · 344
- New Bridge High School1.3 mi · 34
- Riverside Elementary School1.7 mi · 351
- Gladiola High School1.8 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 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 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grants Pass SD 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.