Summary:
In zip code 72744, there is one elementary school, Lincoln Elementary School, serving grades PK through 3 with 356 students in the Lincoln School District, a rural area in Arkansas.
Lincoln Elementary School shows a volatile performance pattern, with its state ranking swinging from a 1-star school (24th percentile) in 2023-2024, to a 3-star school (63rd percentile) in 2024-2025, and back down to a 2-star school (42nd percentile) in 2025-2026. This volatility is partly because the school's entire academic reputation rests on a single tested grade (3rd grade), making year-to-year comparisons highly sensitive to the specific cohort of students. A key bright spot is the school's consistent strength in Science, where proficiency (44.7% in 2025-2026) has matched or exceeded the state average, suggesting an effective science curriculum. However, the school lags behind state averages in English Language Arts (36.9% vs. 39.4%), Reading (36.9% vs. 40.4%), and Mathematics (42.1% vs. 44.1%).
The school has a high free/reduced lunch rate of 72.19%, indicating a significant population of students from low-income households. Despite spending $15,064 per student—above the national average—academic performance remains below state averages in most subjects, raising questions about resource allocation and the impact of poverty on outcomes. The student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. While the school outperforms its district average in English and Math, it is not keeping pace with statewide improvements, causing its relative rank to drop sharply from the 63rd to the 42nd percentile in one year.
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