Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School operates as a compact elementary school in OLYMPIA, Washington, operated by Olympia School District. Current enrollment sits at 300 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

Within Olympia School District, which oversees 20 schools and 9,386 students, Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Lincoln Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Thurston County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 47.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Thurston County shows the typical household earns roughly $96,563 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which Lincoln Elementary School is one.

Olympia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 278 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 59% over that span.

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