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What's something Lincoln Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARTFORD J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550609000675
Lincoln Elementary
755 S Rural St, Hartford, WI 53027 · (262) 673-2100 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
224 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Lincoln Elementary→Central Middle
Based on grade levels within Hartford J1 School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 62.4% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 (60.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 460 | 48.7% | 60.0% |
| Whitehall Memorial Elementary Whitehall | 439 | 50.6% | 49.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary Janesville | 404 | 52.2% | 71.4% |
| Webster Elementary Watertown | 381 | 52.5% | 64.9% |
| Prairie Ridge Intermediate Reedsburg | 505 | 49.7% | 54.4% |
| Monroe Elementary Janesville | 376 | 52.4% | 71.0% |
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 Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #412 of 982 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #308 of 992 ▲ 76 | #15 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #435 of 992 ▲ 97 | #17 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #213 of 1,157 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #252 of 901 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #339 of 901 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #434 of 1,064 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #280 of 664 | #4 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
460
-55 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 460 | 38.8 | 11.8:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 37.1 | 12.6:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 38.4 | 13.2:1 | 44% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 48% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 39.6 | 14.0:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 44% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 42% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 16% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 40 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (554 to 460); teachers down 2% (39.6 to 38.8).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Hartford. The school's enrollment of 460 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students each.
Hartford J1 School District has 3 schools and 1,301 students, and Lincoln Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Lincoln Elementary, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 91% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.8:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lincoln Elementary is 49%. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 23%.
Lincoln Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lincoln Elementary's results are 12.2 points above predicted: 60.0% against 47.8%.
In the county around the school, Washington County, the median household income is $96,359, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 34 public schools in Washington County, enrolling about 17,746 students in all.
Hartford High is the public school closest to Lincoln Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Lincoln Elementary holds 6 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 64.2%; Lincoln Elementary's is 60.0%, ranking 6th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Lincoln Elementary's enrollment dropped from 515 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
The Lincoln Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,879
Census ACS
Median income
$96,359
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
17,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hartford J1 School District
- Rossman ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 419 students
Other schools in Hartford
- Hartford HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Addison ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Rossman ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 419 students
- Erin ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 51st largest of the 214.
- Lincoln ElementaryMadison, WI · 393 students
- Lincoln ElementaryWhitewater, WI · 358 students
- Lincoln ElementaryMerrillan, WI · 339 students
- Lincoln ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 336 students
- Lincoln ElementaryCudahy, WI · 312 students
Nearby schools
- Hartford High0.4 mi · 1,324
- Central Middle0.6 mi · 419
- Rossman Elementary1.2 mi · 422
- Erin Elementary4.0 mi · 399
- Honor Intermediate4.1 mi · 128
- Slinger Elementary4.9 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary have?
Lincoln Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary is overseen by Hartford J1 School District in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.