Lincoln Avenue Elementary

Lincoln Avenue Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by Milwaukee School District, hosts 427 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Milwaukee School District runs 155 schools in total, collectively educating 65,835 students. Lincoln Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lincoln Avenue Elementary reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.2%, the actual is 18.0%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Milwaukee County) records that median household earnings sit near $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Lincoln Avenue Elementary is one of 284 public schools in Milwaukee County (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students).

Carmen Middle School South 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 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Avenue Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.3%.

Lincoln Avenue Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lincoln Avenue Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.