Lincoln Elementary

As a small elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin, Lincoln Elementary works with 204 students from grades K through 5, part of Wausau School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Lincoln Elementary sits 37% below that benchmark.

Within Wausau School District, which oversees 21 schools and 7,738 students, Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary records that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Marathon County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lincoln Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Lincoln Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Marathon County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

Across the wider county, Marathon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,884 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Marathon County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: G D Jones Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 219 (now 204). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 42% to 34%.

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