Lincoln Elementary
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Port Washington, Wisconsin, part of Port Washington-Saukville School District, with 302 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.
Lincoln Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Port Washington-Saukville School District, a district that serves 2,415 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Lincoln Elementary logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 21% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 74.9%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ozaukee County) shows that median household income runs about $96,996, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ozaukee County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,422 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.
Lincoln Elementary operates from a town-based location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary has fell 7%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025.
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