Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 2

Lincoln Elementary, Baxter Springs, KS

Lincoln Elementary is a public elementary school in Baxter Springs, part of Baxter Springs School District. It enrolled 245 students in 2024-25, with 15.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Lincoln Elem".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 245
Teachers (FTE): 16.0
Students per teacher: 15.3
Grades: PK to 2

This school's ratio is 3.4 higher than the district figure of 11.9. The Kansas average across schools is 13.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.3

District11.9

Kansas13.8

United States15.3

School details

Address: 801 Lincoln, Baxter Springs, KS 66713
Phone: (620)856-3322
District: Baxter Springs School District
County: Cherokee County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 200381001505

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 lunch: 148
Reduced-price lunch: 12
Free or reduced-price lunch: 16065.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

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

Other elementary schools in Baxter Springs School District

Central Elementary 223 students

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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.