Lincoln Street Elementary School

Lincoln Street Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community in Hillsboro, Oregon, run under Hillsboro SD 1J. The school caters to 397 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Within Hillsboro SD 1J, which oversees 37 schools and 18,465 students, Lincoln Street Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Street Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Lincoln Street Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Washington County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Street Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.8%; Lincoln Street Elementary School posts 14.0%, -20.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Lincoln Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hillsboro Online Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Street Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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