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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818007962
Lincoln Elementary School
1319 E LOVETT ST, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2525 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
357 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (48.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 400 | 89.3% | 48.5% |
| Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 401 | 90.5% | 28.5% |
| Pasodale Elementary School EL PASO | 416 | 88.7% | 45.9% |
| T Price Elementary School DONNA | 416 | 90.1% | 35.4% |
| Roberto Garate Elementary School MONTE ALTO | 386 | 88.3% | 33.8% |
| Lamar Elementary School HARLINGEN | 401 | 88.5% | 40.4% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,572 of 4,401 | #63 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,042 of 4,466 ▼ 341 | #105 of 183 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,503 of 4,466 ▼ 909 | #111 of 183 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,864 of 3,998 | #84 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,478 of 4,938 | #144 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,748 of 4,622 | #33 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.0% | #4,419 of 4,628 | #90 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,161 of 4,789 | #102 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #1,491 of 2,838 | #75 of 128 |
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
400
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 400 | 28.1 | 14.3:1 | 89% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 28.1 | 15.0:1 | 93% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 28.2 | 14.6:1 | 94% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 96% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 31.9 | 15.0:1 | 95% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 93% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 34 | 19.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 39% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (478 to 400); teachers down 12% (31.9 to 28.1).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school in EDINBURG, Texas, and it is part of EDINBURG CISD. The school enrolls 400 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
The district, EDINBURG CISD, operates 44 schools serving 33,343 students.
Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment is 99% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Lincoln Elementary School counts 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.3 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lincoln Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Lincoln Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.6%. Lincoln Elementary School scores 48.5%, 12.9 points above that line.
Hidalgo County has these Census figures: the median household income is $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. In all, Hidalgo County has 364 public schools and roughly 212,859 students.
Nearby, Austin Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 52.9% on proficiency, and Lincoln Elementary School is below that at 48.5%.
Lincoln Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 375 in 2020-21 to 400 in 2024-25.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 74th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 472 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 868 students
Nearby schools
- Austin Elementary School0.3 mi · 366
- L B Johnson Elementary School0.9 mi · 402
- Hidalgo Co J J Alternative Education Program1.1 mi · 14
- Hidalgo Co J J Alternative Education Program1.1 mi · 7
- Juvenile Detention Center1.1 mi · 38
- Travis Elementary School1.1 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.