Lincoln CS

Lincoln CS operates as an average-sized K-5 school in York, Pennsylvania, part of Lincoln CS. Current enrollment sits at 653 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Lincoln CS is the operating authority for Lincoln CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln CS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lincoln CS lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln CS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.7%; Lincoln CS posts 13.5%, -23.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for York County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Lincoln CS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

William Penn SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln CS comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.1%.

Lincoln CS operates from a city-core location. Lincoln CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 670 students in 2018 compared to 653 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 51% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.