Summary
Lincoln Elementary enrolls 300 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Augusta, Kansas, amid a comparison group of ten nearby elementary schools. Its clearest concern is grade 5 ELA: 25% of students were proficient in 2025–26, compared with 44% districtwide and 51% statewide. That was the lowest grade 5 ELA result among the nearby schools; the next-lowest was Skelly Elementary School at 46%, 20 points higher.
Overall, Lincoln trails nearby-school averages in all three subjects, especially science: its rates were 43% in ELA, 39% in math and 37% in science, versus nearby averages of 58%, 46% and 56%. The gaps were 15 points in ELA, 7 in math and 19 in science. Compared with the Augusta district and state, math is a relative bright spot: Lincoln was 3 points above the district, though 2 below the state. Science was 6 points above the district but 1 below the state. Grade 4 ELA stands out in a positive way: 56%, above the district’s 54% and the state’s 50%.
Results have improved since 2022–23, rising 10 points in ELA, 8 in math and 10 in science, but the path has not been steady: science climbed to 50% in 2024–25 before falling 13 points to 37%. SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln at the 35th percentile statewide, with 2 stars, up from the 21st percentile in 2020–21; nearby schools range from the 26th to the 86th percentile. Its student–teacher ratio is relatively low at 11.7, while its free/reduced-lunch rate is 54%, both useful context rather than explanations for results. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Special Education Students is notably higher than the school’s overall standing, at the 62nd percentile versus the 35th. Its ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students, meanwhile, fell 16 percentile points in one year, to the 35th percentile.
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