Lincoln School

Lincoln School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Granite District, hosting 483 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Lincoln School is one of 85 schools operated by Granite District, a district that instructs 59,404 students overall.

Demographically, Lincoln School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 22% White, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Lincoln School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.1%; Lincoln School posts 24.0%, -18.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Salt Lake County reports that median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Lincoln School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Youth Educational Support School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln School's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 483). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 33% to 46%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lincoln School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.