Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530897001532
Lincoln Elementary School
309 NORTH ALDER STREET, TOPPENISH, WA 98948 · (509) 865-4555 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 51.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
217 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
20.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 29.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 30.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 27.5% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 23.2% | 25.9% |
| 2016-17 | 17.1% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| 2014-15 | 13.7% | 16.5% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 244 | 88.9% | 26.2% |
| Mountain View Elementary QUINCY | 280 | 86.8% | 31.3% |
| Pioneer Elementary QUINCY | 291 | 89.0% | 21.4% |
| Longfellow Elementary PASCO | 312 | 91.0% | 14.9% |
| Mattawa Elementary Mattawa | 199 | 85.9% | 12.9% |
| Garfield Elementary School TOPPENISH | 310 | 93.5% | 21.5% |
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 Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #857 of 936 | #29 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #918 of 1,103 ▼ 49 | #27 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,061 of 1,102 ▼ 61 | #39 of 45 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #368 of 928 | #18 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #1,055 of 1,268 | #49 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #303 of 1,085 | #9 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #1,057 of 1,088 | #38 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #36 of 1,169 | #16 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #44 of 778 | #3 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
244
-90 (-27%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 244 | 16.4 | 14.9:1 | 89% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 94% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 94% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 87% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 20.2 | 19.4:1 | 91% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 92% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (392 to 244); teachers down 19% (20.2 to 16.4).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Toppenish School District in TOPPENISH, Washington. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 244 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 36% below that mark.
Across its 9 schools, Toppenish School District enrolls 3,646 students. Lincoln Elementary School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School is Hispanic, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 7% Native American. Among all residents of Yakima County, the Hispanic share is about 52%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. Across public schools in Yakima County, the average is 77%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.5%. Lincoln Elementary School scores 26.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Yakima County show that median household income comes to about $70,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Yakima County counts 119 public schools with about 52,145 students.
Valley View Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Lincoln Elementary School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 244, from 334 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.9 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Lincoln Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Toppenish School District
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in TOPPENISH
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 173rd largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 427 students
- Lincoln ElementaryEllensburg, WA · 334 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 300 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolVANCOUVER, WA · 280 students
- Lincoln ElementaryHoquiam, WA · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View Elementary0.2 mi · 484
- Toppenish Middle School0.4 mi · 757
- Garfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 310
- Toppenish Pre School1.0 mi · 198
- Kirkwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 387
- Yakama Nation Tribal School1.2 mi · 152
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Toppenish School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.