Lincoln Elementary, Lynwood CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Lynwood, a densely populated working-class city at the southern edge of Los Angeles County, heavily shaped by Latin American immigration. The school enrolls a small population almost entirely drawn from its neighborhood, with a student body that is overwhelmingly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged. A very substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the vast majority are learning in a language environment where Spanish is dominant at home.

On California's state assessments, Lincoln's results fall in the bottom quartile among elementary schools across Los Angeles County. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from under one-third in the lower grades to about half of students in fifth grade and a bit more than one-third in sixth grade. Math proficiency is lower across all grade bands, ranging from around one-fifth in fifth and sixth grades to roughly one-third in third and fourth grades. In fifth grade science, about one-fifth of students meet the state's proficiency standard. These are consistently weak results relative to county peers. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about its instructional approach to reading and mathematics, and what supports exist for students not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks.

The state assessment data available covers only the 2024-25 school year, so there is no multi-year trend to show whether results are improving, stable, or declining. The school does not publish its own website, making it harder to learn about day-to-day practices, programs, or the school's own view of its strengths.

Lincoln sits within Lynwood Unified, a district serving the city that is navigating a period of structural change. Voter-approved funding in 2024 has allocated resources to repair and modernize many aging school buildings across the district. At the same time, the district is studying facility consolidations in response to declining enrollment and rising costs, with possible closures or mergers of some elementary schools slated to begin in fall 2026. A family should confirm whether Lincoln itself is stable as an ongoing school or whether it may be affected by any consolidation proposal. The district has also expanded a dual language immersion program, now offered at two elementary schools, though Lincoln is not listed among them. The district's new strategic plan emphasizes personalized, equity-minded instruction; families who value explicit connection to that vision might ask the school how those principles show up in classrooms.

Housing costs in the Lynwood zip code are substantial, with home values moderate to high for the county and rent climbing. The economic profile of the city is heavily Latino and working-class, with many residents commuting out of the area for work and a significant population of foreign-born residents. Lincoln's student demographics reflect this squarely, drawing from a neighborhood rather than from choice.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 330%

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

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 22% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 23% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 33% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 34% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 40% · ▲ 6 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 35% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 19% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

This schoolLynwood 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.