Lincoln Elementary, Lindsay CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Lindsay, a small agricultural city in Tulare County. The school sits in a community deeply rooted in citrus production and farming, with a recently renovated downtown, new civic facilities including a library and recreation centers, and visible investment in streetscape and public art alongside traditional small-town character.

The school's student body reflects the local population: nearly all students are Hispanic, with very few white or Asian students and a small contingent of multilingual learners whose exact count was not available in the data. About four of every five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, marking the school as serving a low-income enrollment. The school's total enrollment runs in the mid-size range for its grade span, with kindergarten being the largest grade.

On state assessments in English language arts and math, Lincoln's proficiency rates are weak across the board. In ELA, proficiency ranges from low teens in third grade to mid-forties in sixth and seventh grades, with an overall rate in the low-thirties; in math, the spread is similar, with third and sixth grades in the low-twenties, a notable dip in seventh grade counterbalanced by stronger performance in seventh grade's ELA result. Science proficiency in fifth and eighth grades sits in the low-twenties. These results place the school below the midpoint among Tulare County districts on an overall proficiency measure. The school does not have a graduation rate because it does not serve high school grades.

A parent may want to look into further with the school what interventions or support structures are in place to address these gaps, and how the school approaches the transition from elementary to secondary schooling given that many students move on to other district schools for ninth grade and beyond.

The district itself has undergone recent shifts that shape the school's context. Lindsay Unified rolled out universal preschool, providing free programs from birth to age four to all families regardless of income, an expansion that speaks to the district's investment in early childhood. The district has also been replacing portable classrooms with permanent buildings featuring improved heating, cooling, and insulation at multiple sites, including here at Lincoln. In tandem, the district has added project-based learning alongside its long-standing competency-based approach, aiming to give students real-world projects and more say in their learning.

The town itself is in transition. New housing subdivisions are approved or under development, industrial parcels are being marketed for manufacturing, and downtown infrastructure including roads and utilities is undergoing refresh. Home prices in the Lindsay area are modest relative to California as a whole and to the state benchmark. Rents are similarly affordable. This context suggests a community where families are staying put or moving in, and the school is positioned to serve that base.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 38% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 32% · ▲ 6 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 24% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 24% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 40% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 36% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 37% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 31% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 33% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 36% · ▲ 8 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 51% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 48% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 20% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 21% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

This schoolLindsay Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.