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Lincoln Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6

58^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 94% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Lincoln Elementary School is a PK–6 school serving 310 students in Denver's Washington Park West neighborhood, and it stands out as one of the top-performing elementary schools in Colorado, ranking 58th out of 943 elementary schools statewide (94th percentile, 5 stars) for the 2025–2026 school year. Part of School District No. 1, Lincoln has earned 5-star ratings in five of the past ten years and 4-star ratings in the others, never dropping below the 73rd percentile – a testament to consistently strong performance over time.

Academically, Lincoln substantially outperforms its district and state averages. In 2025–2026, 65.8% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (vs. 42.5% district and 44.7% state), 58.7% were proficient in math (vs. 35.0% and 37.3%), and 76.5% of 5th graders were proficient in science (vs. 33.2% and 36.1%). Math proficiency has climbed steadily from 44% in 2022–2023 to 58.7% in 2025–2026, a 14.7-point gain in just three years. Science scores, however, are volatile – swinging from 78.8% to 36.4% to 76.5% across three years – suggesting results depend heavily on the cohort. Among nearby schools, only Steele Elementary School (rank 15) sits clearly above Lincoln, while Bromwell Elementary School (81), Cory Elementary School (86), and Asbury Elementary School (135) follow close behind.

Lincoln also stands out for attendance and for outperforming similar schools. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 13.9% is far below the district average of 38.1% and state average of 28.4% – a strong sign of student and family engagement. Compared with McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School, less than a mile away with a similar free/reduced lunch rate (24.3% vs. Lincoln's 26.1%), Lincoln posts notably higher ELA proficiency (65.8% vs. 61.8%) and math proficiency (58.7% vs. 52.9%), ranking 58th versus 222nd statewide. Lincoln serves PK through 6th grade, an unusual span among nearby schools, and its student-teacher ratio of 17.9 is higher than most peers – yet outcomes remain excellent, pointing to highly effective instruction and strong parent involvement.

310

Students ?

17.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,427

Per pupil spending ?

26.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

710 South Pennsylvania Street
Denver, CO 80209-4135

(720) 424-5990

District: School District No. 1

Students who attend Lincoln Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Grant Beacon Middle School
High:	South High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.1%

Hispanic:

20.6%

Two or more races:

7.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 87th percentile in 2016 → 94th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Colorado average (64% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of Colorado elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school64%

District avg38%

Colorado avg41%

58^th of 943

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▲ up 7 pts since 2016

From top 13% (2016) to top 6% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 99Elementary Schools in the School District No. 1

71^st of 115School District No. 1 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	91.3	58 of 943	93.8%	★★★★★
2025	79.8	175 of 950	81.6%	★★★★☆
2024	93.1	42 of 943	95.5%	★★★★★
2023	78.5	175 of 933	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	89.8	73 of 921	92.1%	★★★★★
2021	75.5	189 of 710	73.4%	★★★★☆
2019	71.2	250 of 965	74.1%	★★★★☆
2018	80.8	162 of 917	82.3%	★★★★☆
2017	87.9	87 of 929	90.6%	★★★★★
2016	83.5	120 of 914	86.9%	★★★★☆
2015	77.6	181 of 938	80.7%	★★★★☆
2014	71.5	256 of 962	73.4%	★★★★☆
2013	72.2	258 of 954	73.0%	★★★★☆
2012	71.8	264 of 935	71.8%	★★★★☆
2011	73.7	242 of 935	74.1%	★★★★☆
2010	62.6	379 of 925	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	55.8	424 of 872	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	56.2	416 of 849	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	46.1	502 of 852	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	63.5	332 of 823	59.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	73.5	171 of 758	77.4%	★★★★☆
2018	76.4	129 of 690	81.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	60.0	273 of 764	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.9	214 of 693	69.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	88.0	30 of 546	94.5%	★★★★★
2025	77.2	93 of 551	83.1%	★★★★☆
2024	70.5	130 of 539	75.9%	★★★★☆
2023	62.8	188 of 525	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.9	55 of 454	87.9%	★★★★☆
2019	72.3	133 of 596	77.7%	★★★★☆

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 (2026)95th percentile~ school

Female (2019)77th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2019)64th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

Science76%+40 vs state

English Language Arts66%+21 vs state

Math59%+21 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, August 25, 2014

I have two children attending Licoln elementary. The community and the staff are wonderful. I would not hesitate to recommend Lincoln. It has a great neighborhood supoort system and the facilities are always being updated. There is very little teaher turn over. Great School!!!!!!!! Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Provides an excellent environment for my children's learning. Teachers are fantastic and communicate with us regularly! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	Total
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	710 South Pennsylvania Street	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-5990	310	17	17.9	26.1%	208 (67.1%)	9 (2.9%)	64 (20.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	91.3	58^th of 943 public elementary schools	93.8%		79.8	175^th of 950 public elementary schools	81.6%	117	65.9		77.1	65.8	62.2		71.4	58.7	76.5	$17,427
Steele Elementary School	Public	K-5	320 South Marion Parkway	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3720	452	25	18.0	13.9%	350 (77.4%)	6 (1.3%)	53 (11.7%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.3%)	97	15^th of 943 public elementary schools	98.4%		95.4	26^th of 950 public elementary schools	97.3%	11	78.6	79.1	84.9	81.0	80.0	79.4	79.5	79.6	77.8	$16,725
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1230 South Grant Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-5600	305	20	15.0	24.3%	187 (61.3%)	3 (1.0%)	82 (26.9%)	7 (2.3%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.7%)	19 (6.2%)	74.8	222^nd of 943 public elementary schools	76.5%		83.2	137^th of 950 public elementary schools	85.6%	85	48.8	67.4	67.3	61.8	51.2	52.2	55.1	52.9	46.9	$19,469
Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont	Public	PK, KG-5	520 West 3rd Avenue	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-7620	344	25	13.5	48.8%	124 (36.0%)	15 (4.4%)	176 (51.2%)	5 (1.5%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	18 (5.2%)	37.4	547^th of 943 public elementary schools	42.0%		44.2	496^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.8%	51	48.4	50.0	42.4	47.0	38.1	28.6	15.6	28.4	19.4	$20,968
Stephen Knight Center for Early Education	Public	PK-K	3245 East Exposition Avenue	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-6500	276	22	12.7	26.1%	152 (55.1%)	18 (6.5%)	53 (19.2%)	22 (8.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (9.8%)								(n/a)										$21,365
Asbury Elementary School	Public	K-5	1320 East Asbury Avenue	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-9750	292	21	13.5	23.3%	202 (69.2%)	9 (3.1%)	58 (19.9%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	84.5	135^th of 943 public elementary schools	85.7%		90.6	70^th of 950 public elementary schools	92.6%	65	60.4	55.8	71.4	61.4	66.7	58.8	65.7	63.6	79.4	$19,079
Valverde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2030 West Alameda Avenue	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-3250	359	26	13.7	85.2%	20 (5.6%)	25 (7.0%)	291 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	11 (3.1%)	8.4	905^th of 943 public elementary schools	4.0%		11.6	864^th of 950 public elementary schools	9.1%	41			22.2	17.5	18.2	9.5	12.7	13.5	5.5	$21,055
Bromwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 East 4th Avenue	Denver	80206	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-9330	329	20	16.4	21.0%	226 (68.7%)	10 (3.0%)	57 (17.3%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.2%)	88.8	81^st of 943 public elementary schools	91.4%		82.9	143^rd of 950 public elementary schools	84.9%	62	64.6	77.5	82.6	74.6	57.4	61.0	71.7	63.4	57.8	$16,959
Dora Moore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	846 Corona Street	Denver	80218	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5300	349	21	16.5	65.3%	108 (30.9%)	55 (15.8%)	135 (38.7%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	38 (10.9%)	21	726^th of 943 public elementary schools	23.0%		21	724^th of 950 public elementary schools	23.8%	2	30.8	19.4	23.5	24.8	25.6	22.2	20.0	22.7	31.4	$18,380
Goldrick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1050 South Zuni Street	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6980	385	25	15.4	82.6%	14 (3.6%)	20 (5.2%)	331 (86.0%)	9 (2.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	18.8	758^th of 943 public elementary schools	19.6%		27.5	640^th of 950 public elementary schools	32.6%	118	26.7	16.7	29.3	24.3	39.1	18.8	23.7	26.0	10.5	$20,051

Frequently Asked Questions about Lincoln Elementary School

Is Lincoln Elementary School a good school?

Yes. Lincoln Elementary School ranks in the top 6.2% of Colorado elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Lincoln Elementary School?

Students at Lincoln Elementary School are 67% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 3% African American.

How many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 310 students attended Lincoln Elementary School.

What district is Lincoln Elementary School in?

School District No. 1

What schools do graduates of Lincoln Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lincoln Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Grant Beacon Middle School
High : South High School

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