Schools in Zip Code 62974

ZIP code 62974 has one listed school, Lincoln Elementary School, serving grades 3–4 with 163 students in Johnston City CUSD 1. In 2025–2026, 49% of Lincoln students were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA), compared with 56% statewide, while math proficiency was 41%, about 1 percentage point above the state’s 40%. The clearest concern in the latest results is ELA: Lincoln’s all-grade rate was 8 percentage points below the state.

There is no meaningful within-ZIP comparison of top and bottom schools because Lincoln is the only school listed. Within Lincoln, fourth-grade ELA is the bright spot: 57% were proficient, 1 percentage point above the state rate; third-grade ELA was 38%, 10 points below its state comparison. The 20-point gap between Lincoln’s grade-level ELA results makes the all-grade figure less representative of what students in each grade achieved. Attendance is more favorable: chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 20% and the state’s 24%.

Lincoln’s ELA results improved from 37% in 2024–2025 to 49% in 2025–2026, a 12-point gain; the state rose 3 points, so Lincoln’s gap narrowed by 8 points. Math was nearly unchanged, moving from 41% to 41%, while the state increased by 1 point and Lincoln’s advantage narrowed from 2 points to 1. SchoolDigger’s statewide rating moved from 904th of 2,067 schools, the 56th percentile and three stars in 2023–2024, to 1,138th of 1,737, the 34th percentile and two stars in 2025–2026; the percentile fell 22 points, despite the latest ELA improvement. For context, Lincoln had a 12:1 student–teacher ratio and 65% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school, not causes of its results.