Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREEN BAY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550582000562
Lincoln Elementary
105 S Buchanan St, Green Bay, WI 54303 · (920) 492-2675 · Brown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
216 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 39.7% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 (39.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 260 | 83.1% | 39.3% |
| Fort Howard Elementary Green Bay | 241 | 88.4% | 39.8% |
| Howe Elementary Green Bay | 350 | 87.4% | 19.2% |
| Jefferson Head Start Learning Center Green Bay | 161 | 83.9% | N/A |
| Alcott Elementary Milwaukee | 264 | 74.2% | 26.8% |
| Chegwin Elementary Fond du Lac | 296 | 75.3% | 36.2% |
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 Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #766 of 982 | #32 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #779 of 992 ▼ 27 | #32 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #721 of 992 ▲ 68 | #28 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #744 of 1,157 | #39 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #46 of 901 | #3 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.9% | #1 of 901 | #1 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #107 of 1,064 | #8 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.4% | #30 of 240 | #3 of 13 |
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
260
+109 (+72%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 260 | 26.3 | 9.9:1 | 83% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 16 | 9.3:1 | 82% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 16.8 | 10.6:1 | 83% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 17 | 8.9:1 | 89% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 19.4 | 10.3:1 | 69% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 231 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 80% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 205 | 18 | 11.4:1 | 78% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 34% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (201 to 260); teachers up 36% (19.4 to 26.3).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a small elementary school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 54303). Enrollment in 2024-25 was 260 students in pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Green Bay Area Public School District has 44 schools and 18,722 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Lincoln Elementary is Hispanic (29%). The remaining students are 20% White, 19% Black, 17% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census figures show Brown County is about 10% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincoln Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 80%.
Federal staffing data show 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lincoln Elementary and a ratio of 9.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 83% of enrollment. That is higher than the 39% average for public schools in Brown County.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln Elementary is C+. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.7% at Lincoln Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.3%.
In Brown County (population about 270,892), median household income is about $79,649, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 86 public schools operate in Brown County, serving about 42,385 students.
The next-closest public school is Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lincoln Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 39.3% is above the 35.6% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment records show 151 in 2020-21 and 260 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
The Lincoln Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
270,892
Census ACS
Median income
$79,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Green Bay Area Public School District
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Red Smith K-8Elementary · 924 students
- West HighHigh · 777 students
Other schools in Green Bay
- Preble HighHigh · 2,149 students
- Bay Port HighHigh · 1,966 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 1,121 students
- East HighHigh · 1,119 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,025 students
- Ashwaubenon HighHigh · 1,024 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 166th 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
- Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning0.0 mi · 66
- West High0.4 mi · 777
- Franklin Middle0.5 mi · 560
- Elmore Elementary0.6 mi · 246
- Chappell Elementary0.9 mi · 384
- Tank Elementary0.9 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary are roughly 20% White, 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary is overseen by Green Bay Area Public School District in Brown County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.