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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Lincoln Elementary School, Calumet City, IL

CEP schoolLincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school in Calumet City, part of Lincoln ESD 156. It enrolled 717 students in 2024-25, with 17.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Lincoln Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
717
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.1. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.1
District17.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
912 Burnham Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409
Phone
(708)862-6620
District
Lincoln ESD 156
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
170810000425
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
71499.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Calumet City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.