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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Lincoln Elementary School?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560451000249
Lincoln Elementary School
945 North Jane Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 253-4100 · Natrona County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
309 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47%
Community
1
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 | 67 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41% · 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
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.5%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
52.1%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Wyoming 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 Wyoming'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 School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 433 | 71.4% | 45.0% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
| Arp Elementary Cheyenne | 332 | 67.8% | 30.3% |
| Afflerbach Elementary Cheyenne | 352 | 68.2% | 28.9% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Gillette | 370 | 73.5% | 47.2% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Cheyenne | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
Matched among Wyoming 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Natrona County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #97 of 116 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #85 of 121 | #11 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #104 of 121 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #8 of 187 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #96 of 109 | #9 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #8 of 109 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #7 of 139 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #7 of 24 | #1 of 6 |
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
433
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 71% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 65% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 30.6 | 15.0:1 | 67% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 69% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 28.6 | 12.7:1 | 65% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 77% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | N/A | N/A | 85% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 148 | 15 | 9.9:1 | 98% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (363 to 433); teachers up 9% (28.6 to 31).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Casper, Wyoming. It teaches 433 students in pre-K through 5. It has 100% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wyoming (about 216).
Natrona County School District #1 includes 27 schools. Together they enroll 12,352 students.
The largest group at Lincoln Elementary School is White students, at 52%. The remaining students are 39% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among people living in Natrona County, the White share is about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 57%.
With 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wyoming average 10.6:1. Roughly 71% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Natrona County average 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lincoln Elementary School is 5.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 45.0%. Predicted: 39.8%.
Looking at the county, Natrona County, median household income comes to about $72,156, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 29, with about 12,650 students.
About 1.2 miles separate Lincoln Elementary School from the closest public school, Casper Classical Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (425) and 2024-25 (433). The school's ratio increased from 12.9:1 to 14.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Natrona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,977
Census ACS
Median income
$72,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natrona County School District #1
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
Other schools in Casper
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 59th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln ElementaryTorrington, WY · 238 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 868 students
Nearby schools
- Casper Classical Academy1.2 mi · 516
- Pineview Elementary1.5 mi · 258
- Park Elementary1.6 mi · 344
- Woods Learning Center1.7 mi · 170
- Natrona County High School1.8 mi · 1,703
- Evansville Elementary1.9 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Natrona County School District #1 in Natrona County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.