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Lincoln

Public Grades PK, KG-5
902nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Lincoln Elementary School is a public school located in Springfield, MA, serving grades PK-5 with 454 students. Despite being part of the Springfield school district, which is ranked 321 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts, Lincoln has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past decade.

Lincoln's academic performance is significantly lower than the surrounding schools and the state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 4% of Lincoln students were proficient or better in MCAS English Language Arts, compared to 22.11% in the Springfield district and 41.53% statewide. In math, only 5.17% of Lincoln students were proficient, compared to 17.12% in Springfield and 40.74% statewide. Lincoln's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Massachusetts elementary schools for female students, male students, Hispanic students, English language learners, special education students, and low-socioeconomic status students.

Despite the higher-than-average spending per student at Lincoln ($17,430) and a relatively lower student-teacher ratio of 11.6, the school is surrounded by several higher-performing elementary schools, such as Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School and Philip G Coburn, which are within a 1-2 mile radius. This suggests that factors beyond just district-level policies and resources may be contributing to the persistent underperformance of Lincoln, and addressing these issues will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve student outcomes and provide equitable educational opportunities for all students.

431
Students ?
12.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$25,021
Per pupil spending ?
88.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
82.4%
African American:
10.9%
White:
4.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (5% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school5%
District avg20%
Massachusetts avg41%
902nd of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
31st of 32Elementary Schools in the Springfield
321st of 348Springfield among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20253.5902 of 9060.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.5909 of 9160.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.4926 of 9280.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.0904 of 9323.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.8906 of 9363.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.1931 of 9421.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.4912 of 9342.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.0921 of 9381.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.8911 of 9322.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.3834 of 9148.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201419.6778 of 92616.0%★☆☆☆☆
201335.3656 of 92829.3%★☆☆☆☆
201220.4757 of 93018.6%★☆☆☆☆
201134.5653 of 92429.3%★☆☆☆☆
201016.9800 of 92013.0%★☆☆☆☆
200917.4783 of 90913.9%★☆☆☆☆
200812.1816 of 90810.1%★☆☆☆☆
20077.5849 of 9116.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.8878 of 9113.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20055.3857 of 8873.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20044.1861 of 8822.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200312.4774 of 88412.4%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202218.7614 of 6728.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.4605 of 6324.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.7661 of 6650.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.9647 of 6561.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.0263 of 2816.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.2244 of 28213.5%★☆☆☆☆
202321.5258 of 2642.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.9233 of 26712.7%★☆☆☆☆
202127.4222 of 2407.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.1250 of 2583.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.5235 of 2443.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20253.4869 of 8690.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.4882 of 8860.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.6881 of 8870.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.4859 of 9014.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.8872 of 8982.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.2892 of 9021.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.8872 of 8932.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.9453 of 4581.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.3428 of 4464.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.6417 of 4200.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.6326 of 40118.7%★☆☆☆☆
202126.0310 of 37918.2%★☆☆☆☆
201918.3369 of 3987.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.4305 of 37919.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20258.5727 of 7361.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.1748 of 7601.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4753 of 7570.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.8734 of 7724.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.1660 of 7056.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.6680 of 7002.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.9631 of 6857.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20255.4872 of 8841.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.1879 of 8911.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.6894 of 8960.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.4890 of 9082.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.6877 of 9043.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.9898 of 9071.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.0871 of 8983.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202521.2620 of 71713.5%★☆☆☆☆
202415.6713 of 7312.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.4663 of 7035.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.8863 of 9054.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.3856 of 8944.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.4879 of 8961.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.3835 of 8865.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20215.9911 of 9251.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202115.5370 of 3997.3%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)14th percentile+13 vs school
Disabled (2022)9th percentile+6 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)7th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile+6 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
Female (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Science9%-33 vs state
Mathematics5%-36 vs state
English Language Arts4%-38 vs state

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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