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Enrollment
653
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN CS·NCES 420006500567
Lincoln CS
559 W King Street, York, PA 17401 · (717) 699-1573 · York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
623 students
STATE 75%
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 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 37% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
11.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
6.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 6.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% | 5.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CS
Lincoln CS's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln CS this school | 653 | 95.4% | 13.5% |
| Whitehall Elementary School Norristown | 503 | 98.6% | 32.5% |
| Muhlenberg Elementary School Allentown | 606 | 97.5% | 31.2% |
| Webster School Philadelphia | 510 | 98.8% | 22.8% |
| Dodson Elementary School Wilkes Barre | 522 | 92.5% | 29.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Allentown | 631 | 98.4% | 19.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,350 of 1,396 | #57 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #1,460 of 1,511 ▼ 6 | #60 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,473 of 1,511 ▼ 41 | #60 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #183 of 1,638 | #4 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,470 of 1,528 | #63 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #492 of 1,531 | #25 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #554 of 1,600 | #12 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #948 of 1,045 | #39 of 42 |
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
653
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 95% (623) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 99% (646) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 99% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 99% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 95% (704) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln CS.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (670 to 653); teachers down 10% (42 to 38).
About Lincoln CS
Lincoln CS runs as a mid-sized elementary school in York, Pennsylvania. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 653 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Lincoln CS operates as its own local education agency.
The student body at Lincoln CS is 64% Hispanic. It is also 25% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. York County's residents are about 10% Hispanic, 54 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 38 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Roughly 95% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in York County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln CS lands at F, ahead of 3% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Lincoln CS scores 23.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 13.5% actual versus 36.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is York County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $84,829 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Lincoln CS shares York County with 110 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, William Penn SHS is about 0.7 miles from Lincoln CS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 24.1% proficiency; Lincoln CS posts 13.5%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small. As a charter school, Lincoln CS is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 653, up from 624 in 2020-21.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- William Penn SHS0.7 mi · 1,681
- Ferguson School0.7 mi · 627
- McKinley School0.7 mi · 578
- Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy0.8 mi · 388
- York Academy Regional CS0.8 mi · 1,058
- Crispus Attucks CS1.1 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln CSWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln CS?
Lincoln CS enrolls approximately 653 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lincoln CS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln CS is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Lincoln CS have?
Lincoln CS employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln CS?
Student demographics at Lincoln CS are roughly 3% White, 64% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln CS in?
Lincoln CS is part of Lincoln CS.
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