Lincoln El Sch

Lincoln El Sch is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within East Penn SD. The school teaches 376 students in grades K through 5.

Lincoln El Sch is one of 10 schools operated by East Penn SD, a district that educates 7,815 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln El Sch shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Lehigh County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Lincoln El Sch shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lehigh County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of +0.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lehigh County put the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln El Sch is one of 83 public schools in Lehigh County (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln El Sch at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln El Sch has shrank 3%, going from 389 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 71% to 66%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lincoln El Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.