Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Marshfield, Wisconsin, operated by Marshfield Unified School District, hosting 281 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Lincoln Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Marshfield Unified School District, a district that caters to 3,553 students overall.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Wood County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Lincoln Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wood County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.6%; actual is 56.6%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Wood County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,989, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wood County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Marshfield Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 281). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 79% to 88%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Lincoln Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.