Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JANESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550702000766
Lincoln Elementary
1821 Conde St, Janesville, WI 53546 · (608) 743-6700 · Rock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- B-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
10.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
222 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
32.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 40.7% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 (34.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 291 | 76.3% | 34.6% |
| Madison Elementary Janesville | 307 | 76.2% | 47.3% |
| Jackson Elementary Janesville | 339 | 77.9% | 51.1% |
| Adams Elementary Janesville | 267 | 76.8% | 39.6% |
| Gaston Elementary Beloit | 348 | 75.6% | 26.4% |
| Riverside Elementary Fond du Lac | 273 | 70.0% | 46.8% |
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 Rock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #808 of 982 | #20 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #708 of 992 ▲ 31 | #19 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #813 of 992 ▲ 28 | #20 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #644 of 1,157 | #23 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #98 of 901 | #4 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #216 of 901 | #9 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #142 of 1,064 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #201 of 664 | #3 of 14 |
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
291
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 291 | 27.5 | 10.6:1 | 76% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 76% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 27.5 | 11.4:1 | 74% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 69% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 27.9 | 13.2:1 | 55% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 67% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 61% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 19% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (368 to 291); teachers down 2% (27.9 to 27.5).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Janesville, Wisconsin. Total enrollment is 291 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 22 schools in Janesville School District, with 9,355 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Lincoln Elementary are White (56%). Next come 29% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 82% White among all Rock County residents. The diversity index for Lincoln Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lincoln Elementary has 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1. At Lincoln Elementary, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 29 points above the 47% average for public schools in Rock County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary lands at C, ahead of 25% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Lincoln Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.6%) and its predicted rate (30.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
The school's county is Rock County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $75,673, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 65 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,542, Lincoln Elementary among them.
Edison Middle is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lincoln Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Lincoln Elementary as City: Small.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.6:1.
The allk12 page for Lincoln Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Rock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Janesville School District
- Craig HighHigh · 1,400 students
- Parker HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Marshall MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 486 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other schools in Janesville
- Craig HighHigh · 1,400 students
- Parker HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Marshall MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 486 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 149th 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
- Edison Middle0.4 mi · 587
- Van Buren Elementary0.7 mi · 408
- Jackson Elementary1.4 mi · 339
- Wilson Elementary1.6 mi · 256
- Preschool 4 Janesville2.0 mi · 345
- Madison Elementary2.2 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 291 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 10.6:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary is overseen by Janesville School District in Rock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.