Lincoln Elementary - 05

Lincoln Elementary - 05 is one of the roomy elementary-level communitys in Watertown, South Dakota, one of the schools within Watertown School District 14-4, with 361 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 4. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Lincoln Elementary - 05 sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Within Watertown School District 14-4, which oversees 9 schools and 3,754 students, Lincoln Elementary - 05 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary - 05 shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Lincoln Elementary - 05 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary - 05 sits in the top 10% of South Dakota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.8%; actual is 61.7%, +13.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Codington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,727 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Codington County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,561 students), Lincoln Elementary - 05 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Watertown Intermediate School - 13, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary - 05 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 386 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lincoln Elementary - 05 typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.