Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Torrington, Wyoming, overseen by Goshen County School District #1. The school caters to 238 students in grades K through 2.

Goshen County School District #1 comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 1,617 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Goshen County put median household income runs about $58,929, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Goshen County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,617 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Trail Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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