Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LONDON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551059001383
Lincoln Elementary
201 E Washington St, New London, WI 54961 · (920) 982-8540 · Waupaca County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
161 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 57 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (39).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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→New London Middle
Based on grade levels within New London School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 58.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 (56.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 283 | 56.9% | 56.4% |
| Riverview Elementary Wautoma | 302 | 59.9% | 51.5% |
| Douglas Elementary Watertown | 311 | 56.9% | 51.6% |
| Dodgeland Elementary Juneau | 315 | 56.5% | 55.0% |
| Washington Elementary Beaver Dam | 260 | 52.7% | 74.3% |
| Madison Elementary Marshfield | 295 | 56.6% | 58.7% |
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 Waupaca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #494 of 982 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #423 of 992 ▲ 37 | #4 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #487 of 992 ▲ 3 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #672 of 1,157 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #562 of 901 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #392 of 901 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #309 of 1,064 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #659 of 664 | #6 of 6 |
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
283
+50 (+21%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 283 | 20.4 | 13.9:1 | 57% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 19.5 | 13.7:1 | 58% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 18.5 | 12.9:1 | 58% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 64% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 21.4 | 13.3:1 | 49% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 44% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 23 | 12.9:1 | 49% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 15% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (284 to 283); teachers down 5% (21.4 to 20.4).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in New London, Wisconsin. The school's enrollment of 283 students covers pre-K through 4.
The 7 schools in New London School District enroll 2,019 students altogether, Lincoln Elementary among them.
At Lincoln Elementary, White students make up 73% of the student body. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 20 points below the 93% share among Waupaca County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Lincoln Elementary is 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. About 57% of students, or 161, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Waupaca County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Lincoln Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lincoln Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Wisconsin are predicted to post 42.7%, so the school is 13.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Waupaca County show that the median household income is $72,830, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Lincoln Elementary, Waupaca County has 25 other public schools.
Catalyst Academy is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The nearest schools with test data average 63.0%, higher than Lincoln Elementary's 56.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 50 students since 2020-21, to 283.
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Waupaca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,569
Census ACS
Median income
$72,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,466 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New London School District
- New London HighHigh · 660 students
- New London MiddleMiddle · 540 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Readfield ElementaryElementary · 121 students
- Sugar Bush ElementaryElementary · 119 students
- Catalyst AcademyHigh · 32 students
Other schools in New London
- New London HighHigh · 660 students
- New London MiddleMiddle · 540 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Sugar Bush ElementaryElementary · 119 students
- Catalyst AcademyHigh · 32 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 153rd 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
- Catalyst Academy0.4 mi · 32
- New London Middle0.6 mi · 540
- Parkview Elementary0.8 mi · 264
- New London High1.5 mi · 660
- Hortonville High6.2 mi · 1,323
- Hortonville Elementary6.3 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elementary in?
Lincoln Elementary is part of New London School District.
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