Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary a good school?

Abraham Lincoln Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.1% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 593 students attended Abraham Lincoln Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Abraham Lincoln Elementary?

Students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Abraham Lincoln Elementary attend?

Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : La Quinta Middle Middle : Palm Desert Charter Middle High : Palm Desert High

Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Summary:

Abraham Lincoln Elementary is a public elementary school in Palm Desert, California, serving 585 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Desert Sands Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary faces several key challenges. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.2% in 2018-2019 to 46.3% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics are lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 5th grade, only 38.1% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 47.37% statewide, and only 14.29% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 35.02% statewide. The school's performance on the CAST Science assessment is also below the district and state averages. Additionally, Abraham Lincoln Elementary's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with English Language Learners and Special Education students performing significantly below their peers.

Compared to other elementary schools within the Desert Sands Unified School District, Abraham Lincoln Elementary generally performs below the district averages in academic assessments. However, there are some nearby schools, such as Gerald R. Ford Elementary, James Monroe Elementary, and George Washington Charter, that significantly outperform Abraham Lincoln Elementary and the district as a whole. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 91.45% in 2020-2021, coupled with the school's low academic performance, suggests that Abraham Lincoln Elementary faces significant socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting student learning and achievement.

Detail:

Public K-5

74-100 Rutledge Way
Palm Desert, CA 92260-2644

(760) 862-4340

District: Desert Sands Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4509^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,505

Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	La Quinta Middle
	Palm Desert Charter Middle
High:	Palm Desert High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.6

Number of students: 593

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.3%

White:

12.0%

Asian:

2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Elementary ranks worse than 76.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Desert Sands Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.58. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (79.3%), White (12%), Asian (2.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 23.6. 9 elementary schools in the Desert Sands Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Abraham Lincoln Elementary is $8,505, which is the 7^th highest among 18 elementary schools in the Desert Sands Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Abraham Lincoln Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Abraham Lincoln Elementary 4509^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Abraham Lincoln Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Desert Sands Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Desert Sands Unified 1011^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Abraham Lincoln Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	42.85	2510^th	4809	47.8%
2005	53.22	2037^th	4822	57.8%
2006	45.69	2397^th	4818	50.2%
2007	45.13	2612^th	5113	48.9%
2008	67.00	1540^th	5113	69.9%
2009	62.06	1815^th	5193	65.0%
2010	63.99	1781^st	5314	66.5%
2011	47.82	2735^th	5377	49.1%
2012	58.18	2146^th	5390	60.2%
2013	50.13	2683^rd	5530	51.5%
2015	52.06	2338^th	5611	58.3%
2016	55.74	2195^th	5614	60.9%
2017	37.59	3267^th	5692	42.6%
2018	43.21	2942^nd	5662	48.0%
2019	46.21	2806^th	5789	51.5%
2022	29.11	3941^st	5883	33.0%
2023	35.14	3491^st	5874	40.6%
2024	23.58	4509^th	5862	23.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.37	768^th	3246	76.3%
2019	78.22	343^rd	3275	89.5%
2022	33.80	2294^th	3311	30.7%
2023	33.76	2261^st	3250	30.4%
2024	24.03	2894^th	3160	8.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	20.34	2379^th	2634	9.7%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	52.67	2192^nd	5084	56.9%
2019	54.18	2130^th	5173	58.8%
2022	38.62	3120^th	5264	40.7%
2023	43.42	2812^th	5374	47.7%
2024	30.22	3922^nd	5511	28.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	46.25	171^st	356	52.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.51	2985^th	5413	44.9%
2019	41.24	3033^rd	5492	44.8%
2022	32.88	3503^rd	5635	37.8%
2023	37.01	3222^nd	5617	42.6%
2024	28.06	3968^th	5605	29.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	28.81	1859^th	2585	28.1%
2022	18.67	2063^rd	2227	7.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.59	2747^th	5431	49.4%
2019	50.85	2421^st	5510	56.1%
2022	26.93	4056^th	5663	28.4%
2023	33.55	3503^rd	5650	38.0%
2024	20.47	4666^th	5636	17.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.02	1782^nd	4830	63.1%
2019	58.56	1773^rd	4963	64.3%
2022	38.39	3024^th	5084	40.5%
2023	41.09	2827^th	5098	44.5%
2024	29.54	3774^th	5102	26.0%

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Rank History for White students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	17.74	2327^th	2726	14.6%
2023	38.92	1747^th	2662	34.4%
2024	15.65	2306^th	2647	12.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department 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: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Abraham Lincoln Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	570	6	22	139	5	n/a	n/a	0	742
1989	615	3	14	131	2	n/a	n/a	0	765
1990	644	1	16	160	4	n/a	n/a	0	825
1991	634	3	22	172	4	n/a	n/a	0	835
1992	575	1	22	221	9	n/a	n/a	0	828
1993	429	6	17	186	12	n/a	n/a	0	650
1994	426	7	29	238	7	n/a	n/a	0	707
1995	400	11	29	274	7	n/a	n/a	0	721
1996	400	11	29	274	7	n/a	n/a	0	721
1997	267	4	25	329	3	n/a	n/a	0	628
1998	247	17	21	312	3	n/a	n/a	0	600
1999	237	12	24	395	6	n/a	n/a	0	674
2000	233	13	22	440	8	n/a	n/a	0	716
2001	199	10	22	467	5	n/a	n/a	0	703
2002	157	14	30	522	9	n/a	n/a	37	769
2003	157	14	30	522	9	n/a	n/a	37	769
2004	137	16	22	519	3	n/a	n/a	67	764
2005	134	13	24	520	0	n/a	n/a	49	740
2006	134	17	19	500	4	n/a	n/a	49	723
2007	141	18	12	548	3	n/a	n/a	37	759
2008	131	18	12	562	3	n/a	n/a	0	726
2009	123	24	14	566	4	0	4	0	735
2010	120	25	13	558	3	0	5	0	724
2011	115	25	11	577	2	0	8	0	738
2012	97	19	9	576	4	0	15	0	720
2013	102	20	10	586	1	0	18	0	737
2014	80	18	14	558	2	0	16	0	688
2015	67	15	9	531	1	0	19	0	642
2016	65	15	9	503	1	1	24	0	618
2017	52	11	11	525	2	0	23	0	624
2018	51	18	10	523	1	1	15	0	619
2019	57	14	12	512	1	0	13	0	609
2020	71	8	16	497	0	0	17	0	609
2021	70	9	19	506	1	0	15	0	620
2022	72	11	14	467	2	0	11	0	577
2023	71	12	15	470	2	1	14	0	585
2024	71	13	17	470	5	0	17	0	593

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 Abraham Lincoln Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	742	28.0	26.5	n/a
1989	765	29.9	25.5	n/a
1990	825	34.0	24.2	n/a
1991	835	32.5	25.6	n/a
1992	828	33.0	25.0	26.2
1993	650	22.0	29.5	31.4
1994	707	25.0	28.3	39.5
1995	721	25.0	28.8	55.5
1996	721	25.0	28.8	55.5
1997	628	24.0	26.2	63.7
1998	600	26.0	23.1	55.7
1999	674	30.0	22.5	52.4
2000	716	33.0	21.7	58.1
2001	703	37.0	19.0	69.1
2002	769	35.0	22.0	69.3
2003	769	35.0	22.0	69.3
2004	764	37.0	20.6	82.1
2005	740	37.0	20.0	80.2
2006	723	36.0	20.1	73.3
2007	759	36.0	21.1	77.8
2008	726	39.0	18.6	79.8
2009	735	34.0	19.9	82.3
2010	724	30.0	24.1	81.2
2011	738	n/a	n/a	82.1
2012	720	27.0	26.6	n/a
2013	737	26.0	28.3	91
2014	688	25.0	27.5	72.7
2015	642	24.0	26.7	95
2016	618	26.0	23.7	92.1
2017	624	24.0	26.0	93.9
2018	619	25.1	24.6	94
2019	609	26.1	23.3	88.7
2020	609	n/a	n/a	91.1
2021	620	27.1	22.8	91.5
2022	577	27.0	21.3	90.1
2023	585	24.0	24.3	79.5
2024	593	25.0	23.6	83.8

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 Abraham Lincoln Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	742	28.0	26.5	n/a
1989	765	29.9	25.5	n/a
1990	825	34.0	24.2	n/a
1991	835	32.5	25.6	n/a
1992	828	33.0	25.0	26.2
1993	650	22.0	29.5	31.4
1994	707	25.0	28.3	39.5
1995	721	25.0	28.8	55.5
1996	721	25.0	28.8	55.5
1997	628	24.0	26.2	63.7
1998	600	26.0	23.1	55.7
1999	674	30.0	22.5	52.4
2000	716	33.0	21.7	58.1
2001	703	37.0	19.0	69.1
2002	769	35.0	22.0	69.3
2003	769	35.0	22.0	69.3
2004	764	37.0	20.6	82.1
2005	740	37.0	20.0	80.2
2006	723	36.0	20.1	73.3
2007	759	36.0	21.1	77.8
2008	726	39.0	18.6	79.8
2009	735	34.0	19.9	82.3
2010	724	30.0	24.1	81.2
2011	738	n/a	n/a	82.1
2012	720	27.0	26.6	n/a
2013	737	26.0	28.3	91
2014	688	25.0	27.5	72.7
2015	642	24.0	26.7	95
2016	618	26.0	23.7	92.1
2017	624	24.0	26.0	93.9
2018	619	25.1	24.6	94
2019	609	26.1	23.3	88.7
2020	609	n/a	n/a	91.1
2021	620	27.1	22.8	91.5
2022	577	27.0	21.3	90.1
2023	585	24.0	24.3	79.5
2024	593	25.0	23.6	83.8

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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