Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002056
Lincoln Elementary
720 S 6th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401 · (715) 261-0965 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
153 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
31.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.1% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 30.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 (37.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
| Cooper Elementary Sheboygan | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Franklin Elementary Wausau | 181 | 69.1% | 39.6% |
| James Madison Elementary Sheboygan | 327 | 74.6% | 48.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary Sheboygan | 252 | 89.7% | 29.4% |
| Lake View Elementary Madison | 292 | 73.6% | 32.4% |
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 Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #781 of 982 | #24 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #805 of 992 ▲ 27 | #23 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #823 of 992 ▼ 48 | #25 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #891 of 1,157 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #17 of 901 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #21 of 901 | #1 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #147 of 1,064 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #530 of 664 | #14 of 22 |
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
204
+11 (+6%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 8.0:1
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 | 204 | 22.4 | 9.1:1 | 75% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 22.4 | 9.9:1 | 79% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 24.3 | 8.6:1 | 71% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 24 | 8.0:1 | 77% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 24.4 | 9.0:1 | 74% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 77% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 75% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 33% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (219 to 204); teachers down 8% (24.4 to 22.4).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a small elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Wausau. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 204 students. The school is 37% below the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Wausau School District enrolls 7,738 students, and its 21 schools include Lincoln Elementary.
White students account for 34% of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 31% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, 87% of Marathon County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
The school has 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Of all students at Lincoln Elementary, 75% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Marathon County, the average is 37%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lincoln Elementary is 5.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.5% actual, 31.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
The school is in Marathon County, where the median household earns about $77,884 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Marathon County, 52 public schools serve about 18,592 students.
Lincoln Elementary's closest public school neighbor is G D Jones Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lincoln Elementary ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 37.5% versus a 47.7% average.
NCES describes the area around Lincoln Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 6% rise took enrollment from 193 in 2020-21 to 204 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 8.0:1 in 2020-21 to 9.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wausau School District
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Wausau
- West HighHigh · 1,470 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- East HighHigh · 893 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 635 students
- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 188th 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
- G D Jones Elementary0.5 mi · 492
- John Muir Middle0.6 mi · 967
- Grant Elementary1.0 mi · 189
- Wausau Area Virtual Education1.1 mi · 152
- Franklin Elementary1.4 mi · 181
- West High1.4 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 204 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary have?
Lincoln Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 31% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elementary in?
Lincoln Elementary is part of Wausau School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.