Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002082
Lincoln Elementary
1741 N Wauwatosa Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 · (414) 773-1300 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
39 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
78.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
78.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 75.3% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 (76.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 336 | 11.6% | 76.4% |
| West Middleton Elementary Verona | 334 | 15.6% | 75.7% |
| Elm Lawn Elementary Middleton | 313 | 14.7% | 77.6% |
| McKinley Elementary Wauwatosa | 388 | 13.4% | 70.8% |
| Oakwood Elementary Oshkosh | 382 | 14.7% | 72.7% |
| Shady Lane Elementary Menomonee Falls | 461 | 11.3% | N/A |
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 Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #79 of 982 | #7 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #83 of 992 ▲ 44 | #6 of 174 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #47 of 992 ▲ 59 | #6 of 174 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #502 of 1,157 | #87 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #378 of 901 | #25 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #367 of 901 | #85 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #995 of 1,064 | #169 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #81 of 240 | #5 of 33 |
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
336
+38 (+13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 336 | 26.4 | 12.7:1 | 12% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 24.3 | 13.8:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 21.3 | 15.0:1 | 8% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 10% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 17.9 | 16.7:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 12% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 8% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 21 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (299 to 336); teachers up 47% (17.9 to 26.4).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is one of the public schools in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 336 students.
Wauwatosa School District is made up of 17 schools with 6,704 students in all.
At Lincoln Elementary, 72% of students are White. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 51% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary scores 46%.
Lincoln Elementary lists 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 12% of the student body. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Lincoln Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Lincoln Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.4% and a predicted 70.5%.
Milwaukee County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Lincoln Elementary shares Milwaukee County with 283 other public schools.
Lincoln Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Wauwatosa Virtual Academy, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lincoln Elementary is ahead of the 71.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 13%. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lincoln Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 114th 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 ElementaryCudahy, WI · 312 students
Nearby schools
- Wauwatosa Virtual Academy0.1 mi · 91
- East High0.1 mi · 1,043
- Longfellow Middle0.6 mi · 782
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 285
- Wilson Elementary0.7 mi · 218
- Wauwatosa STEM0.7 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary is overseen by Wauwatosa School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.