Lincoln Elementary - 04

Lincoln Elementary - 04 operates as a substantial elementary-level community in Yankton, South Dakota, part of Yankton School District 63-3. Current enrollment sits at 416 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Yankton School District 63-3 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,021 students; Lincoln Elementary - 04 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Elementary - 04 records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Yankton County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 43% of students at Lincoln Elementary - 04 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Yankton County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary - 04 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 49.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Yankton County indicate median household income runs about $72,821, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yankton County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,321 students), Lincoln Elementary - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Webster Elementary - 06 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary - 04. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary - 04 at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 16%: 360 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lincoln Elementary - 04 community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.