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Alumni: what's one memory from Barge-Lincoln Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001686
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School
219 E I St, Yakima, WA 98901 · (509) 573-5200 · Yakima County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
481 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.6% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.6% | 37.9% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 36.6% |
| 2016-17 | 38.6% | 41.5% |
| 2015-16 | 37.2% | 45.4% |
| 2014-15 | 33.9% | 34.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Barge-Lincoln Elementary School
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barge-Lincoln Elementary School this school | 518 | 92.9% | 25.2% |
| Garfield Elementary School Yakima | 507 | 92.9% | 22.7% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary Yakima | 485 | 92.6% | 21.7% |
| Valley View Elementary TOPPENISH | 484 | 91.1% | 22.1% |
| Saddle Mountain Elementary Mattawa | 470 | 91.7% | 21.0% |
| Hoover Elementary School Yakima | 582 | 94.3% | 28.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Barge-Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #868 of 936 | #32 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #965 of 1,103 ▲ 15 | #33 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,040 of 1,102 ▼ 39 | #33 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #224 of 928 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #247 of 1,268 | #14 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #416 of 1,085 | #12 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #1,049 of 1,088 | #36 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #12 of 1,169 | #6 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #389 of 778 | #22 of 40 |
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
518
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 518 | 33.9 | 15.3:1 | 93% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 36.5 | 14.0:1 | 97% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 37.8 | 13.9:1 | 96% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 90% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 37.2 | 16.7:1 | 86% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 96% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 82% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 30 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barge-Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (622 to 518); teachers down 9% (37.2 to 33.9).
About Barge-Lincoln Elementary School
Students in Yakima, Washington, attend Barge-Lincoln Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 518 students. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
Yakima School District oversees Barge-Lincoln Elementary School and 26 other schools, with 15,488 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% White and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Yakima County, the Hispanic share is about 52%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school has 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Federal data show 93% of students (481) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 77% average for public schools in Yakima County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Barge-Lincoln Elementary School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.2%) and its predicted rate (17.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In the wider Yakima County area, median household income comes to about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Yakima County counts 119 public schools with about 52,145 students.
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School's nearest public school is Yakima Satellite Alternative Programs (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 59 students, from 577 to 518. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (16.5:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Nearby schools
- Yakima Satellite Alternative Programs0.7 mi · 14
- Yakima Open Doors0.7 mi · 272
- Stanton Academy0.7 mi · 183
- Yakima Online0.7 mi · 355
- Garfield Elementary School0.8 mi · 507
- ESD 105 Open Doors1.0 mi · 120
Frequently asked questions
About Barge-Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barge-Lincoln Elementary School?
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Barge-Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Barge-Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Barge-Lincoln Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Barge-Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barge-Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Barge-Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.