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Lincoln Elementary

Public Grades K-5
371st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 79% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Lincoln Elementary is a K–5 school in Plainfield, Illinois, with 536 students, part of Plainfield School District 202. Its strongest overall finding is that 2025–26 proficiency was above both district and state results in ELA and math, and its fifth-grade science score was also well ahead.

Among the 10 nearby schools, Lincoln ranked second in all-grades ELA, fourth in math, and third in fifth-grade science. ELA proficiency was 77%, compared with 62% for nearby schools on average, 66% for the district, and 56% statewide. Math was 54%, above nearby schools’ 47% average, the district’s 44%, and the state’s 40%. Fifth-grade science was 71%, versus a nearby average of 57%, a district result of 57%, and a state result of 48%. One relative weakness is third-grade math: Lincoln’s 57% was 4 points below the district’s 61%, though it was above the state result.

Results over time are mixed: ELA rose 14 points from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while math fell 11 points in the latest year, from 65% to 54%, after reaching 54% in 2023–24. SchoolDigger rated Lincoln four stars and placed it in the 79th percentile in 2025–26, down 11 percentile points from 2023–24 but still third among nearby schools. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 13.2, compared with a nearby average of 14.3; 22% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, tied with Walkers Grove Elementary School for the lowest nearby share. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–26, below the district’s 20% and the state’s 24%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well Lincoln serves Special Education Students was at the 50th percentile in 2025–26, down from 93rd in 2023–24 and below the school’s overall 79th percentile; its ranking for how well it serves White Students was at the 58th percentile, down from 85th.

536
Students ?
13.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,865
Per pupil spending ?
21.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
97.6%
Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)
 14740 Meadow Ln
       Plainfield, IL  60544-2513

(815) 577-4500

District: Plainfield School District 202


Students who attend Lincoln Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Richard Ira Jones Middle School
High:    Plainfield North High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
60.6%
Hispanic:
16.4%
Asian:
13.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 84th percentile in 2016 → 79th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Illinois average (67% vs 48% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 21% of Illinois elementary schools
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school67%
District avg56%
Illinois avg48%
371st of 1,737
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Top 21%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From top 16% (2016) to top 21% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 18Elementary Schools in the Plainfield School District 202
335th of 738Plainfield School District 202 among Illinois 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202675.3371 of 173778.6%★★★★☆
202588.0222 of 205689.2%★★★★☆
202489.2204 of 206790.1%★★★★★
202390.0182 of 207791.2%★★★★★
202287.3238 of 208288.6%★★★★☆
202172.3473 of 194875.7%★★★★☆
201983.0314 of 208684.9%★★★★☆
201883.6281 of 203786.2%★★★★☆
201783.9281 of 204486.3%★★★★☆
201681.7333 of 204683.7%★★★★☆
201568.8543 of 205273.5%★★★★☆
201478.3440 of 209379.0%★★★★☆
201380.5394 of 216781.8%★★★★☆
201282.1276 of 216687.3%★★★★☆
201180.9318 of 214785.2%★★★★☆
201076.0519 of 213975.7%★★★★☆
200984.7153 of 212092.8%★★★★★
200875.7510 of 209275.6%★★★★☆
200774.5515 of 209575.4%★★★★☆
200670.5685 of 208667.2%★★★☆☆
200562.9912 of 202254.9%★★★☆☆
200462.1926 of 203054.4%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202299.67 of 68499.0%★★★★★
201979.565 of 71190.9%★★★★★
201894.716 of 69897.7%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202659.373 of 17758.8%★★★☆☆
202558.4112 of 23452.1%★★★☆☆
202466.175 of 21965.8%★★★☆☆
202345.2140 of 23740.9%★★☆☆☆
202256.8106 of 22653.1%★★★☆☆
201868.379 of 24267.4%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202585.990 of 104991.4%★★★★★
202489.643 of 88695.1%★★★★★
202386.459 of 90793.5%★★★★★

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202583.465 of 78891.8%★★★★★
202383.145 of 78894.3%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202667.7358 of 128672.2%★★★★☆
202589.9155 of 194292.0%★★★★★
202489.1176 of 194290.9%★★★★★
202382.3287 of 195785.3%★★★★☆
202284.6259 of 197086.9%★★★★☆
202167.5457 of 168072.8%★★★★☆
201980.6320 of 201984.2%★★★★☆
201881.3310 of 196484.2%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202687.340 of 53692.5%★★★★★
202584.289 of 98290.9%★★★★★
202488.554 of 95994.4%★★★★★
202387.168 of 97093.0%★★★★★
202268.9192 of 95479.9%★★★★☆
202168.3124 of 74283.3%★★★★☆
201987.046 of 95595.2%★★★★★
201888.752 of 93894.5%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202675.6169 of 100183.1%★★★★☆
202587.2106 of 180094.1%★★★★★
202488.386 of 179395.2%★★★★★
202391.571 of 180896.1%★★★★★
202283.9117 of 176393.4%★★★★★
202156.4491 of 151467.6%★★★☆☆
201975.9238 of 181686.9%★★★★☆
201879.1195 of 176589.0%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202661.9478 of 131163.5%★★★☆☆
202582.3307 of 194784.2%★★★★☆
202485.2248 of 195987.3%★★★★☆
202392.3113 of 198494.3%★★★★★
202286.9213 of 197789.2%★★★★☆
202170.5419 of 170775.5%★★★★☆
201983.4265 of 201986.9%★★★★☆
201883.8255 of 197287.1%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202652.8100 of 20150.2%★★★☆☆
202581.0167 of 129287.1%★★★★☆
202488.788 of 119592.6%★★★★★
202380.3147 of 115687.3%★★★★☆
202279.5123 of 111388.9%★★★★☆
202167.2138 of 64078.4%★★★★☆
201987.282 of 119493.1%★★★★★
201891.823 of 76397.0%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202657.2485 of 114957.8%★★★☆☆
202577.4263 of 138981.1%★★★★☆
202480.3209 of 139285.0%★★★★☆
202386.1137 of 141990.3%★★★★★
202284.0149 of 142589.5%★★★★☆
202160.5469 of 130864.1%★★★☆☆
201972.3332 of 146277.3%★★★★☆
201871.5354 of 146375.8%★★★★☆
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)
African American (2022)99th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)93rd percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)92nd percentile+3 vs school
Disabled (2025)91st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)83rd percentile+4 vs school
Female (2026)72nd percentile-6 vs school
Male (2026)64th percentile-15 vs school
Asian (2026)59th percentile-20 vs school
White (2026)58th percentile-21 vs school
Special Education (2026)50th percentile-28 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts77%+21 vs state
Science71%+23 vs state
Mathematics54%+15 vs state

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Lincoln Elementary ranks 371st of 1737 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Lincoln Elementary are 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% African American, 3% Two or more races.

Students who attend Lincoln Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Richard Ira Jones Middle School
High : Plainfield North High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 536 students attended Lincoln Elementary.

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Latest Illinois data All new data »
2025–26 school spending dataNewOct 30, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 30, 2026
2025–26 ACT, IAR, ISA & PreACT Secure test scoresNewOct 30, 2026
2013–14 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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