Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVER DAM UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550096000126
Lincoln Elementary
210 Gould St, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 · (920) 885-7396 · Dodge County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
133 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 42%
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 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Beaver Dam Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 48.9% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Lincoln Elementary's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 201 | 66.2% | 50.5% |
| West Side Elementary Reedsburg | 198 | 61.1% | N/A |
| Madison Elementary Manitowoc | 202 | 64.9% | 41.0% |
| Tri-County Elementary Plainfield | 265 | 64.5% | 40.5% |
| Franklin Elementary West Allis | 244 | 67.2% | 37.0% |
| West Elementary Jefferson | 233 | 62.2% | 50.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dodge County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #619 of 982 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #472 of 992 ▲ 163 | #10 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #541 of 992 ▲ 137 | #10 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #897 of 1,157 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #88 of 901 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #284 of 901 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #214 of 1,064 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #510 of 664 | #9 of 10 |
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
201
-234 (-54%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 201 | 19.2 | 10.5:1 | 66% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 20.4 | 9.5:1 | 65% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 17.1 | 11.5:1 | 63% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 65% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 17.3 | 12.5:1 | 63% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 65% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 65% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 17% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (217 to 201); teachers up 11% (17.3 to 19.2).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a public small elementary school in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Federal data show 201 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 38% below that mark.
Beaver Dam Unified School District is made up of 8 schools with 2,988 students in all.
White students are 63% of those enrolled at Lincoln Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Dodge County's population at about 88%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Lincoln Elementary comes to 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.5:1. The school's 10.5:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. On the income side, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Dodge County is 25 points lower.
Lincoln Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.5%) and its predicted rate (37.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
In Dodge County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $75,929 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dodge County number 39, with about 10,450 students.
The closest school to Lincoln Elementary is Beaver Dam High, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Lincoln Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lincoln Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Lincoln Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal records list enrollment at Lincoln Elementary as 435 in 2020-21 and 201 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 24.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Dodge County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,742
Census ACS
Median income
$75,929
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
10,450 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaver Dam Unified School District
- Beaver Dam HighHigh · 1,031 students
- Beaver Dam MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Prairie View ElementaryElementary · 337 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 328 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- BDUSD4KidsElementary · 157 students
Other schools in Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam HighHigh · 1,031 students
- Beaver Dam MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Prairie View ElementaryElementary · 337 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 328 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- BDUSD4KidsElementary · 157 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 191st largest of the 214.
- Lincoln ElementaryHartford, WI · 460 students
- Lincoln ElementaryMadison, WI · 393 students
- Lincoln ElementaryWhitewater, WI · 358 students
- Lincoln ElementaryMerrillan, WI · 339 students
- Lincoln ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Dam High0.2 mi · 1,031
- BDUSD4Kids0.3 mi · 157
- Beaver Dam Middle0.7 mi · 633
- Washington Elementary0.9 mi · 260
- Prairie View Elementary0.9 mi · 337
- Wilson Elementary1.1 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 201 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary is approximately 10.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary?
At Lincoln Elementary, the student body is approximately 63% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elementary in?
Lincoln Elementary is part of Beaver Dam Unified School District.
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