Lincoln Terrace Elementary

Lincoln Terrace Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Roanoke, Virginia, part of Roanoke City Public Schools, with 287 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. Lincoln Terrace Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Terrace Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 102% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lincoln Terrace Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.2%; actual is 38.1%, a gap of -22.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Roanoke city reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,378 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Roanoke city runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students), of which Lincoln Terrace Elementary is one.

Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Terrace Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Terrace Elementary has shrank 19%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 77% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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