Summary:
Lincoln County Elementary School is the sole elementary school in Lincoln County, Georgia, serving grades PK through 5 with 602 students in the rural Lincolnton area. The school operates within the Lincoln County district, which holds a 4-star rating and ranks 57th out of 201 districts statewide.
This school shows a clear pattern of strength in upper-grade mathematics. In the most recent testing year, 4th graders achieved 60% proficiency in math—nearly 10 points above the state average—while 5th graders hit 56.6%, outpacing the state by 12.5 points. These results improved from the prior year, when 4th grade was at 50.6% and 5th grade at 50%. However, 3rd grade math tells a very different story: proficiency plunged from 48.3% to just 26.7%, a 21.6-point drop that leaves the school far below the state average of 48.3%. This dramatic decline is the school’s most urgent concern and suggests a possible cohort issue or recent instructional change affecting younger students. In other subjects, 5th grade science (43.3%) sits essentially at the state average, while 5th grade ELA (47.8%) from the prior year exceeded the state by nearly 5 points. ELA scores for the current year are not yet available.
Despite serving a high-poverty population—84% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch—the school maintains several structural advantages. Chronic absenteeism is 15%, lower than both the district (17.2%) and state (17.7%) averages. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 15:1, and per-student spending is $13,707. The school’s state ranking has improved from 510th in 2023-2024 to 461st in 2024-2025, though it slipped slightly to 514th in the latest year. For parents, the key takeaway is that Lincoln County Elementary excels in 4th and 5th grade math, but the sudden collapse in 3rd grade math warrants immediate attention and likely targeted intervention to ensure younger students build the foundational skills needed for future success.
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