Summary
Lincolnview Elementary School is a K–6 school in Van Wert, OH, serving 426 students in the Lincolnview Local district, which ranks 143rd of 773 Ohio districts (4 stars). The school ranked 572nd of 1,560 Ohio schools in 2025–2026 — the 63rd percentile, 3 stars — above the state median but behind several nearby rural elementary schools. Its rank climbed from the 59th percentile in 2015–2016 to a peak of 80th in 2022–2023, then fell to 72nd, 68th, and 63rd.
Chronic absenteeism is a clear strength: 4.0% in 2025–2026, down from 11.5% in 2021–2022 and below the district's 6.2%. That is better than most surrounding schools — Parkway Elementary School 4.1%, Spencerville Elementary School 6.1%, Grover Hill Elementary School 6.3%, Crestview Elementary School 6.7%, Franklin Elementary School 10.4% — and far better than the nearby Van Wert City schools, where Van Wert Elementary School sits at 10.5% and Van Wert Early Childhood Center at 18.4%. Test scores are strong in some areas: 5th grade science 81.4% proficient vs. 62.7% state, 5th grade ELA 86.4% vs. 70.4%, 6th grade ELA 77.4% vs. 56.0%, and 6th grade math 69.8% vs. 56.2%.
The weak spots are 4th grade math and ELA and 5th grade math. Fourth grade math was 65.7% proficient vs. 67.3% state, below every nearby school with comparable data; 4th grade ELA was 61.2% vs. 61.8%; and 5th grade math was 44.1% vs. 59.1%, below all nearby schools with 5th grade math results. Among peers, Ottoville Elementary School (96th percentile), Spencerville Elementary School (87th), Parkway Elementary School (84th), Crestview Elementary School (84th), Franklin Elementary School (82nd), Fort Jennings Elementary School (81st), and Grover Hill Elementary School (80th) all rank higher, while Van Wert Elementary School ranks 44th. The student–teacher ratio is 16:1, and per-student spending was $10,788 in 2018–2019. Low-income students' relative ranking fell from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 48th in 2025–2026, while gifted students ranked at the 80th percentile and special education students at the 63rd.
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