Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 06-1·NCES 460207000007
Lincoln Elementary - 08
414 S 10th St, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · (605) 725-7200 · Brown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
141 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 42%
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 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 53% · 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
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.6%
SD avg 50.3% . -8.2pp since 2022
Math
55.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 51.7% |
| 2022-23 | 65.8% | 57.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for South Dakota 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 South Dakota'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 - 08
Lincoln Elementary - 08's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary - 08 this school | 233 | 60.5% | 48.5% |
| May Overby Elementary - 09 Aberdeen | 327 | 53.5% | 39.7% |
| Mike Miller Elementary - 07 Aberdeen | 282 | 40.8% | 42.7% |
| O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 Aberdeen | 304 | 55.3% | 32.4% |
| Simmons Elementary - 10 Aberdeen | 386 | 48.2% | 38.1% |
| Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 Sioux Falls | 292 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
Matched among South Dakota 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 - 08 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #106 of 193 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #80 of 199 ▲ 16 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #67 of 202 ▲ 16 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #121 of 331 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #1 of 131 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #30 of 131 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #39 of 209 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #3 of 87 | #1 of 6 |
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
233
-65 (-22%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 233 | 28.5 | 8.2:1 | 61% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 29.3 | 8.1:1 | 52% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 29.5 | 8.7:1 | 56% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 30 | 9.9:1 | 47% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 34.4 | 10.5:1 | 47% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 50% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 48% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 42% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary - 08.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (363 to 233); teachers down 17% (34.4 to 28.5).
About Lincoln Elementary - 08
The public elementary school Lincoln Elementary - 08 is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The school enrolls 233 students, from pre-K through 5.
Aberdeen School District 06-1 counts 4,241 students in its 10 schools, and Lincoln Elementary - 08 is one of them.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary - 08. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% Native American, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Brown County is about 85% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincoln Elementary - 08 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
A ratio of 8.2:1 comes from the school's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 61% in 2024-25. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Brown County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln Elementary - 08 is B+. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lincoln Elementary - 08 would be expected to post about 38.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Brown County, median household income is about $70,898, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 22 public schools operate in Brown County, serving about 5,354 students.
Simmons Middle School - 03 is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary - 08 is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Lincoln Elementary - 08 in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment was 298 in 2020-21 and 233 in 2024-25, a decrease of 65 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.9:1 to 8.2:1.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,877
Census ACS
Median income
$70,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aberdeen School District 06-1
- Central High School - 01High · 1,384 students
- Holgate Middle School - 02Middle · 497 students
- Simmons Middle School - 03Middle · 464 students
- Simmons Elementary - 10Elementary · 386 students
- C C Lee Elementary - 05Elementary · 356 students
- May Overby Elementary - 09Elementary · 327 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- Central High School - 01High · 1,384 students
- Holgate Middle School - 02Middle · 497 students
- Simmons Middle School - 03Middle · 464 students
- Simmons Elementary - 10Elementary · 386 students
- C C Lee Elementary - 05Elementary · 356 students
- May Overby Elementary - 09Elementary · 327 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary - 08 is the 178th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary - 04Yankton, SD · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary - 05Watertown, SD · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Simmons Middle School - 030.8 mi · 464
- Simmons Elementary - 101.0 mi · 386
- SDSBVI Elementary - 011.4 mi · 10
- SDSBVI High School - 021.4 mi · 9
- May Overby Elementary - 091.4 mi · 327
- O M Tiffany Elementary - 111.7 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary - 08What is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary - 08?
Lincoln Elementary - 08 enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary - 08 serve?
Lincoln Elementary - 08 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary - 08?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary - 08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary - 08?
At Lincoln Elementary - 08, the student body is approximately 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary - 08 public or private?
Lincoln Elementary - 08 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aberdeen School District 06-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.