Lincoln Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (33).
School pathway
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 40.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
Schools most like Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 312 | 63.8% | 47.6% |
| Wilson Elementary West Allis | 365 | 65.8% | 33.3% |
| Lakeview Elementary South Milwaukee | 274 | 59.1% | 44.6% |
| Grewenow Elementary Kenosha | 310 | 68.4% | 44.7% |
| Rawson Elementary South Milwaukee | 371 | 61.5% | 39.1% |
| Riverside Elementary Fond du Lac | 273 | 70.0% | 46.8% |
Where Lincoln Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #654 of 982 | #49 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #855 of 992 ▼ 110 | #85 of 174 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #424 of 992 ▼ 18 | #42 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #579 of 1,157 | #101 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #536 of 901 | #43 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #102 of 901 | #26 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #240 of 1,064 | #112 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.7% | #59 of 240 | #4 of 33 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 312 | 22.8 | 13.7:1 | 64% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 23.5 | 12.6:1 | 65% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 22.9 | 11.1:1 | 66% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 21 | 11.0:1 | 94% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 22.6 | 11.7:1 | 54% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 47% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 52% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 32% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (265 to 312); teachers unchanged (22.6 to 22.8).
About Lincoln Elementary
The public elementary school Lincoln Elementary is located in Cudahy, Wisconsin. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 312 students.
Cudahy School District counts 1,985 students in its 6 schools, and Lincoln Elementary is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Lincoln Elementary; the largest is White, at 43%. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 10% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary scores 69%.
With 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 64% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is similar, at 64%.
Lincoln Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.6%, compared with a predicted 38.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Milwaukee County, median household income comes to about $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 284 public schools and about 122,496 students.
Of the public schools around it, Lincoln Elementary is closest to Saint Francis High, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Lincoln Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 231 to 312, a 35% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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