Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GETTYSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421071000452
Lincoln Elementary School
98 Lefever Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 · (717) 334-6254 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
217 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Gettysburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 41.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 393 | 55.2% | 46.6% |
| Providence Elementary School New Providence | 386 | 53.4% | 51.3% |
| George Wolf Elementary School Bath | 428 | 55.8% | 54.2% |
| Plainfield Elementary School Nazareth | 434 | 53.0% | 58.5% |
| Highland Elementary School Ephrata | 438 | 54.8% | 67.3% |
| Washington Elementary School Bangor | 375 | 57.3% | 66.0% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #945 of 1,396 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,030 of 1,511 ▼ 98 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #942 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | #10 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #910 of 1,638 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,012 of 1,528 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #735 of 1,531 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #902 of 1,600 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #498 of 1,045 | #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. 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
393
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 393 | 28.5 | 13.8:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 27.8 | 14.1:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 28.8 | 12.9:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 41% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 29.8 | 15.3:1 | 53% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 54% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 41% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 35% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (455 to 393); teachers down 4% (29.8 to 28.5).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 393 students.
The 5 schools of Gettysburg Area SD, including Lincoln Elementary School, enroll 2,782 students.
Lincoln Elementary School is 75% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 89% White among all Adams County residents. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.8:1. That is 0.7 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lincoln Elementary School is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln Elementary School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lincoln Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.6%, compared with a predicted 53.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Adams County, the median household income is $84,092, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Lincoln Elementary School, Adams County has 25 other public schools.
The closest public school, Gettysburg Area Middle School, is about 0.1 miles from Lincoln Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.9%; Lincoln Elementary School's is 46.6%, ranking 6th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Lincoln Elementary School as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment grew 4%, to 393. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gettysburg Area SD
- Gettysburg Area High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Gettysburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
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Other schools in Gettysburg
- Gettysburg Area High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Gettysburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- James Gettys Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Gettysburg Montessori CSElementary · 281 students
- Vida CSElementary · 251 students
- Adams County Technical InstituteHigh · 5 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 78th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 414 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEmmaus, PA · 376 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBethlehem, PA · 355 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 347 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPottstown, PA · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Gettysburg Area Middle School0.1 mi · 646
- Vida CS0.8 mi · 251
- James Gettys Elementary School1.6 mi · 334
- Adams County Technical Institute1.7 mi · 5
- Gettysburg Area High School1.9 mi · 1,069
- Gettysburg Montessori CS5.5 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elementary School in?
Lincoln Elementary School is part of Gettysburg Area SD.
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