Lincoln-Erdman Elementary

Located at 4101 N 50th St, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Lincoln-Erdman Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school that instructs 394 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Sheboygan Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

Sheboygan Area School District runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 9,285 students. Lincoln-Erdman Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln-Erdman Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Sheboygan County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln-Erdman Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 66.5%, a residual of +17.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sheboygan County shows median household income runs about $73,094, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Sheboygan County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), Lincoln-Erdman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Country Academy - Charter, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln-Erdman Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln-Erdman Elementary has contracted 12%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 71% to 56% over that span.

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