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Best kept secret at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVID DOUGLAS SD 40·NCES 410394001031
Lincoln Park Elementary School
13200 SE Lincoln St, Portland, OR 97233 · (503) 256-6504 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest 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
18.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
472 students
DISTRICT 105% · 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 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
20.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.8% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 20.2% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
Where Lincoln Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #516 of 591 | #63 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #578 of 646 ▼ 57 | #92 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #591 of 646 ▼ 45 | #99 of 109 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #117 of 710 | #23 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #446 of 587 | #78 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #18 of 587 | #16 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #39 of 645 | #27 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #135 of 493 | #34 of 89 |
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
457
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 457 | 24.5 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 23.3 | 19.0:1 | 80% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 24.2 | 19.3:1 | 82% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 21 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 28.2 | 21.8:1 | 79% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 26 | 24.3:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 28 | 21.4:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 32 | 21.4:1 | 91% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 27 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (614 to 457); teachers down 13% (28.2 to 24.5).
About Lincoln Park Elementary School
Lincoln Park Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Portland, Oregon. It had 457 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
David Douglas SD 40 has 8,716 students spread across 14 schools.
The biggest share of students at Lincoln Park Elementary School, 36%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 26% White, 17% Asian, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Multnomah County residents. The diversity index for Lincoln Park Elementary School is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School, there are about 18.6 students; the school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Lincoln Park Elementary School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Lincoln Park Elementary School scores 19.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.5%.
In the wider Multnomah County area, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Lincoln Park Elementary School shares Multnomah County with 168 other public schools.
Lincoln Park Elementary School's nearest public school is Arthur Academy (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lincoln Park Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lincoln Park Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 497 to 457, an 8% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.6:1.
Lincoln Park Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in David Douglas SD 40
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Ron Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Floyd Light Middle SchoolMiddle · 684 students
- Alice Ott Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Gilbert Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mill Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Lincoln Park Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lincoln Park Elementary. Lincoln Park Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolLINCOLN PARK, NJ · 500 students
- Lincoln Park ElementarySPARKS, NV · 438 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 411 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 232 students
- LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur Academy0.3 mi · 156
- David Douglas High School0.5 mi · 2,756
- Mill Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 494
- HOLLA School1.0 mi · 98
- West Powellhurst Elementary School1.0 mi · 364
- Menlo Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Park Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Park Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School is overseen by David Douglas SD 40 in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.