Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHLEHEM AREA SD·NCES 420357003443
Lincoln Elementary School
1260 Gresham St, Bethlehem, PA 18017 · (610) 866-8727 · Northampton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
236 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
24.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 24.2% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 →
Where Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,172 of 1,396 | #26 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #1,247 of 1,511 | #29 of 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,292 of 1,511 | #31 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,037 of 1,638 | #22 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #820 of 1,528 | #24 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #531 of 1,531 | #19 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #753 of 1,600 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #311 of 450 | #4 of 8 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 355 | 26.9 | 13.2:1 | 66% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 75% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 26.7 | 11.9:1 | 77% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 28 | 11.8:1 | 73% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 27.4 | 12.4:1 | 77% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 80% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 57% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 355 students on the rolls.
The 22 schools in Bethlehem Area SD enroll 12,717 students altogether, Lincoln Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Lincoln Elementary School, about 66 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 21% White and 10% Black. Northampton County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 51 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 50%.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 66%.
Lincoln Elementary School scores 19.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 30.1% actual versus 49.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Northampton County show that median household income comes to about $89,184, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Northampton County counts 60 public schools with about 38,316 students.
Marvine Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Lincoln Elementary School. Lincoln Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.2%, higher than Lincoln Elementary School's 30.1%.
Lincoln Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 355, from 331 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethlehem Area SD
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 2,541 students
- Freedom High SchoolHigh · 1,792 students
- East Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in Bethlehem
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 2,541 students
- Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,878 students
- Freedom High SchoolHigh · 1,792 students
- East Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Nitschmann Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
Nearby schools
- Marvine Elementary School0.4 mi · 265
- Spring Garden Elementary School0.8 mi · 532
- Northeast Middle School0.8 mi · 715
- Freemansburg Elementary School1.0 mi · 328
- Governor Wolf Elementary School1.1 mi · 432
- Lehigh Valley Dual Language CS1.2 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 66% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Bethlehem Area SD in Northampton County.
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