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Lincoln Elementary School

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Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Caldwell, Idaho, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 322. The school faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism, low test scores, and a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Lincoln Elementary has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate compared to nearby schools, with 30.9% in the 2022-2023 school year. The school also consistently underperforms the Caldwell District and state averages across various ISAT assessments, with only 17.3% of students proficient or better in ISAT Math in 2023-2024, compared to 18.8% in the Caldwell District and 47.6% statewide. Additionally, Lincoln Elementary has an exceptionally high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 88.51% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the nearby schools such as Van Buren Elementary, Sacajawea Elementary, and Wilson Elementary.

The school's declining performance and ranking over the years, from 171st out of 356 Idaho elementary schools in 2009-2010 to 300th out of 301 in 2023-2024, with a consistent 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, suggests that targeted interventions and resource allocation may be necessary to improve student outcomes. While Lincoln Elementary struggles, some nearby schools, such as Wilson Elementary and the schools in the Vallivue School District, demonstrate significantly better performance on various metrics, including test scores and student-teacher ratios.

297
Students ?
16.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
88.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1200 Grant Street
       Caldwell, ID  83605-4260

(208) 455-3321

District: Caldwell District


Students who attend Lincoln Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Jefferson Middle School
High:    Caldwell Senior High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
46.8%
Hispanic:
46.8%
Two or more races:
4.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 18th percentile in 2009 → <1st in 2024
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Idaho average (18% vs 49% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 17% Idaho)
!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2009
Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?
This school18%
District avg28%
Idaho avg49%
Not ranked this year
Lincoln Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
91st of 96Caldwell District among Idaho districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIdaho percentileRating
20243.2300 of 3010.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.7251 of 2520.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.5288 of 2921.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.8240 of 2400.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.6209 of 2267.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201327.7302 of 35715.4%★☆☆☆☆
201225.7306 of 35413.6%★☆☆☆☆
201141.0248 of 35930.9%★★☆☆☆
201056.1171 of 35652.0%★★★☆☆
200931.4285 of 34918.3%★☆☆☆☆
20087.7328 of 3352.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIdaho percentileRating
20248.3133 of 1351.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2024)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Idaho (2023-2024) ?
English Language Arts25%-28 vs state
Math17%-30 vs state
Science11%-31 vs state

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Students at Lincoln Elementary School are 47% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

In the 2023-24 school year, 297 students attended Lincoln Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Idaho Department of Education.

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