The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in Science. The lowest is 48% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln School
Lincoln School serves students from preschool through sixth grade in Hyrum, a community in Cache County that has been growing steadily. The school enrolls a population that is predominantly white, with a Hispanic or Latino share that is the largest single minority group. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a moderate level of economic diversity in the building.
Hyrum itself is a town that has been shifting from its rural agricultural roots toward a more suburban character. The population has risen noticeably in recent decades, with new subdivisions going in on the east side of town. Many residents commute to Logan or other parts of Cache Valley for work, as the local economy is anchored by a large meatpacking plant and a mix of smaller industrial and commercial businesses. Housing values have climbed, and the market sits a bit below Utah’s statewide average while remaining above the national median. For a family, Hyrum offers a small-town setting with access to state parks, canyon recreation, and a traditional Main Street core, all within a short drive of Logan’s larger job and retail base.
On state assessments, the school’s proficiency rates across math, English language arts, and science place it above the midpoint among districts in Cache County, according to the available comparison set. That means Lincoln is performing in the upper half of the county’s school districts when looking at the average of its tested subjects and grades, though it is not at the very top of that group. The English language arts and science rates are moderately stronger than the math rate, but none of them are exceptionally high. A parent looking at these numbers will see a school that is delivering solidly average-to-above-average academic results within its regional context, not one that stands out as a top-tier performer.
Because Lincoln only goes through sixth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and the school does not serve grades that would produce a chronic absenteeism metric in the data we have. The school also does not report counts for students with disabilities or English learners in the available civil-rights data, so it is not possible to assess how these groups are performing or how the school serves them. A parent with a child in these categories may want to ask the school directly for that information.
The district, Cache County School District, passed a bond in late 2023 that will reshape how grades are configured across the area. The plan includes building new middle schools and an elementary school, and importantly, moving sixth grade out of elementary buildings and back into middle schools district-wide. For a family currently at Lincoln, this means that by the time a current kindergartner reaches sixth grade, that student may be in a different building altogether than the one their older siblings attended. The timeline for that transition was not specified in the available materials, but it is a structural change worth noting for any parent planning several years ahead.
The school itself does not appear to be a charter or magnet school; it is a conventional neighborhood elementary within the larger district. With an enrollment that is on the larger side for an elementary building in this region, Lincoln handles a fair number of students for a school that ends at sixth grade. The grade-level enrollments are reasonably balanced, with a slight bump in fifth grade that may reflect the town’s growth pattern.
For a family considering a move to Hyrum, Lincoln School offers a straightforward elementary experience in a growing, still-small Cache Valley town. The academic results are decent for the county, the district has an active building program that signals investment and growth management, and the community provides outdoor access and a compact downtown. The main open questions for a parent would be how the district’s grade reconfiguration affects their child’s timeline and what the school’s special education and English learner supports look like, since that data was not available in this profile.
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