The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 23% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln El Sch
Lincoln Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through grade 5 in Erie, a mid-sized lakefront city where manufacturing, insurance, and healthcare anchor the economy. The school enrolls a small population, with students drawn from a neighborhood of close-set older houses and a downtown civic core that includes hospitals, universities, and government offices.
State assessment results show mixed academic performance. In science, the school's proficiency sits at a level roughly in the middle of the range among elementary schools statewide. Math and English language arts proficiency are both substantially lower: in math, about a quarter of tested students scored at proficient levels, and in English language arts, roughly a fifth did. Among schools tested in Erie County, Lincoln's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to the county's other districts, meaning students here are reaching grade-level benchmarks at rates below most comparable schools nearby.
The enrollment is almost entirely eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of white and Black students, a notable presence of multiracial students, and smaller numbers of Asian students and other groups. Special education enrollment and English learner counts were not reported in the available data.
Erie City School District, which operates Lincoln, has faced sustained budget pressure. The board has raised property taxes in three consecutive years as federal pandemic relief funding has wound down, and district leadership has publicly stated that Erie ranks among Pennsylvania's ten most underfunded districts. Families relocating to the area should expect this tax trajectory to continue unless significant changes occur in state education funding. The district is also studying possible changes to its high school configuration, including whether to reverse a prior consolidation that left only one comprehensive high school in the city; overcrowding is a stated factor. These shifts could affect which buildings students attend in later grades.
Lincoln sits in a city where civic reinvestment is underway downtown and along the bayfront, though the broader Erie area has experienced population decline. Housing is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, which may draw families seeking lower-cost entry points, though the school's strong concentration of students eligible for free lunch suggests many families in this neighborhood face economic constraint.
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