Is Lincoln Elementary School a good school?

Lincoln Elementary School ranks 299 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 487 students attended Lincoln Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Lincoln Elementary School?

Students at Lincoln Elementary School are 67% White, 12% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Lincoln Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lincoln Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Marion Junior High School High : Marion High School

Lincoln Elementary School

Summary:

Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Marion, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 487 students. The school is part of the Marion CUSD 2 district, which is ranked 215 out of 813 districts in Illinois and is rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Lincoln Elementary School consistently performs above the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels, with particularly strong performance in 3rd grade. The school also excels in supporting its African American and low socioeconomic status (SES) student populations, ranking 10th out of 655 Illinois elementary schools for its African American students and 75th out of 1,793 schools for its low-SES students. While Lincoln Elementary School's academic performance is generally stronger than the other schools in the Marion CUSD 2 district, it faces competition from high-performing schools like Adams School within the same district, as well as some schools outside the district, such as Crab Orchard Elementary School.

Lincoln Elementary School's higher per-student spending of $12,465 in 2022-2023 and lower student-teacher ratio of 14.3 in 2022-2023 may contribute to its academic success, but the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 18.5% in 2023-2024, while lower than the district average, is still an area for improvement. Overall, Lincoln Elementary School is a well-performing school that serves as a strong educational option for families in the Marion, Illinois, area.

Detail:

Public K-5

400 Morningside Dr
Marion, IL 62959-5323

(618) 997-6063

District: Marion CUSD 2

SchoolDigger Rank:
299^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,600

Students who attend Lincoln Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Marion Junior High School
High:	Marion High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.3

Number of students: 487

Racial breakdown:

White:

66.9%

African American:

12.3%

Two or more races:

8.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 61.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lincoln Elementary School ranks better than 85.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Marion CUSD 2 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.42. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Lincoln Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Marion CUSD 2 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lincoln Elementary School is $11,600. 2 elementary schools in the Marion CUSD 2 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lincoln Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln Elementary School 299^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Lincoln Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Marion CUSD 2:

SchoolDigger ranks Marion CUSD 2 215^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lincoln Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	71.50	658^th	2020	67.4%
2004	61.20	962^nd	2030	52.6%
2005	59.69	989^th	2022	51.1%
2006	63.22	949^th	2086	54.5%
2007	71.13	662^nd	2095	68.4%
2008	65.88	865^th	2092	58.7%
2009	60.26	1044^th	2120	50.8%
2010	60.46	1039^th	2139	51.4%
2011	52.63	1223^rd	2147	43.0%
2012	68.03	808^th	2166	62.7%
2013	64.43	817^th	2167	62.3%
2014	67.19	702^nd	2093	66.5%
2015	49.34	914^th	2052	55.5%
2016	46.40	1022^nd	2046	50.0%
2017	47.54	1006^th	2044	50.8%
2018	54.06	871^st	2037	57.2%
2019	59.55	791^st	2086	62.1%
2021	54.45	767^th	1948	60.6%
2022	69.19	584^th	2082	72.0%
2023	65.38	639^th	2077	69.2%
2024	83.42	299^th	2067	85.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.24	64^th	78	17.9%
2019	57.95	31^st	89	65.2%
2022	53.10	37^th	95	61.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	75.11	107^th	763	86.0%
2019	50.22	467^th	1194	60.9%
2021	42.25	330^th	640	48.4%
2022	52.11	395^th	1113	64.5%
2023	59.37	351^st	1156	69.6%
2024	59.35	367^th	1195	69.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.95	685^th	1765	61.2%
2019	59.93	570^th	1816	68.6%
2021	50.09	625^th	1514	58.7%
2022	74.83	244^th	1763	86.2%
2023	66.90	402^nd	1808	77.8%
2024	89.20	75^th	1793	95.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.28	979^th	1964	50.2%
2019	56.66	812^th	2019	59.8%
2021	56.07	648^th	1680	61.4%
2022	65.19	608^th	1970	69.1%
2023	55.80	774^th	1957	60.4%
2024	84.14	257^th	1942	86.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	73.07	145^th	907	84.0%
2024	71.06	141^st	886	84.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.65	710^th	1972	64.0%
2019	61.35	694^th	2019	65.6%
2021	48.18	771^st	1707	54.8%
2022	67.32	554^th	1977	72.0%
2023	71.80	489^th	1984	75.4%
2024	79.60	340^th	1959	82.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.68	455^th	698	34.8%
2019	41.80	366^th	711	48.5%
2023	47.89	287^th	692	58.5%
2024	97.97	10^th	655	98.5%

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Rank History for White students at Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.38	805^th	1463	45.0%
2019	39.42	925^th	1462	36.7%
2021	37.43	834^th	1308	36.2%
2022	51.42	677^th	1425	52.5%
2023	47.48	740^th	1419	47.9%
2024	73.04	307^th	1392	77.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	293	11	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	305
1990	289	10	2	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	308
1991	275	15	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	297
1992	299	16	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	321
1993	281	18	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	302
1994	305	6	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	314
1995	351	9	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	364
1996	351	9	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	364
1997	388	16	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	410
1998	431	20	4	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	456
1999	422	24	5	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	454
2000	432	15	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
2001	387	28	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	423
2002	363	37	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	411
2003	363	37	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	411
2004	369	46	6	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	427
2005	347	33	16	17	0	n/a	n/a	14	427
2006	405	34	18	17	0	n/a	n/a	16	490
2007	470	37	17	15	1	n/a	n/a	22	562
2008	476	60	27	21	1	n/a	n/a	19	604
2009	449	56	22	23	1	n/a	n/a	24	575
2010	460	47	21	23	0	n/a	n/a	20	571
2011	477	60	21	23	1	1	32	0	615
2012	463	57	21	25	3	0	34	0	603
2013	489	46	22	29	3	0	34	0	623
2014	474	43	18	24	1	0	36	0	596
2015	478	41	17	26	5	0	37	0	604
2016	461	50	11	25	2	0	50	0	599
2017	443	51	14	19	0	0	58	0	585
2018	376	54	18	20	0	0	76	0	544
2019	384	53	14	17	2	0	68	0	538
2020	383	56	16	12	2	0	56	0	525
2021	351	52	14	12	3	0	54	0	486
2022	352	40	20	10	2	0	60	0	484
2023	326	60	17	39	4	0	41	0	487

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	305	12.3	24.7	n/a
1990	308	12.0	25.6	n/a
1991	297	12.0	24.7	n/a
1992	321	13.0	24.6	n/a
1993	302	12.0	25.2	n/a
1994	314	13.0	24.2	n/a
1995	364	16.0	22.8	n/a
1996	364	16.0	22.8	n/a
1997	410	17.0	24.1	n/a
1998	456	19.0	24.0	n/a
1999	454	18.4	24.7	n/a
2000	455	20.4	22.3	n/a
2001	423	20.0	21.2	n/a
2002	411	22.0	18.7	30.4
2003	411	22.0	18.7	30.4
2004	427	22.0	19.4	32.3
2005	427	23.0	18.6	32.9
2006	490	25.0	19.6	38.2
2007	562	28.0	20.1	35
2008	604	30.0	20.1	42.4
2009	575	29.0	19.8	48.1
2010	571	29.0	19.6	47
2011	615	30.5	20.1	52.4
2012	603	29.5	20.4	51.4
2013	623	45.9	13.5	54.7
2014	596	30.0	19.8	55
2015	604	36.0	16.7	57.3
2016	599	33.0	18.1	55.1
2017	585	32.2	18.1	53.8
2018	544	33.1	16.4	59.9
2019	538	35.4	15.1	56.3
2020	525	38.3	13.6	54.5
2021	486	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	484	36.0	13.4	61
2023	487	33.8	14.3	61.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	305	12.3	24.7	n/a
1990	308	12.0	25.6	n/a
1991	297	12.0	24.7	n/a
1992	321	13.0	24.6	n/a
1993	302	12.0	25.2	n/a
1994	314	13.0	24.2	n/a
1995	364	16.0	22.8	n/a
1996	364	16.0	22.8	n/a
1997	410	17.0	24.1	n/a
1998	456	19.0	24.0	n/a
1999	454	18.4	24.7	n/a
2000	455	20.4	22.3	n/a
2001	423	20.0	21.2	n/a
2002	411	22.0	18.7	30.4
2003	411	22.0	18.7	30.4
2004	427	22.0	19.4	32.3
2005	427	23.0	18.6	32.9
2006	490	25.0	19.6	38.2
2007	562	28.0	20.1	35
2008	604	30.0	20.1	42.4
2009	575	29.0	19.8	48.1
2010	571	29.0	19.6	47
2011	615	30.5	20.1	52.4
2012	603	29.5	20.4	51.4
2013	623	45.9	13.5	54.7
2014	596	30.0	19.8	55
2015	604	36.0	16.7	57.3
2016	599	33.0	18.1	55.1
2017	585	32.2	18.1	53.8
2018	544	33.1	16.4	59.9
2019	538	35.4	15.1	56.3
2020	525	38.3	13.6	54.5
2021	486	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	484	36.0	13.4	61
2023	487	33.8	14.3	61.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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