Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in Janesville, Wisconsin, overseen by Janesville School District. The school caters to 291 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 22 schools in Janesville School District (9,355 students total), Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lincoln Elementary records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Rock County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 34.6%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rock County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,673 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Rock County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edison Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 68% to 56%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lincoln Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.