Student enrollment numbers at Lincoln Public Schools remains steady

Lincoln Public Schools released the Fall Membership Count as of Oct. 1, and officials were not surprised by what they saw.

“With the opening of two new schools this year we expected there to be shifts in school numbers,” said Matt Larson, LPS associate superintendent of Instruction. “The new schools provided relief for staff and the infrastructure on already overcrowded school buildings. The addition of another new high school next fall will allow other high schools to also experience that relief next year.”

Meadow Lane Elementary saw a decrease of 113 students, and Kahoa Elementary decreased by a total of 50 students who moved to the new Robinson Elementary School which opened with  a total of 266 students this fall. North Star High School and Lincoln High School saw a decrease of 170 and 138 respectively, many of those students moving to the new Northwest High School starting the school year with 498 students in grades 9-11.

The total enrollment for LPS grew 18 students from last year to 41,766. During the budget process, LPS had projected a decline of 196 students this year due to the number of births reported in Lancaster County.

Other numbers of note:

• Kooser Elementary School overtook Belmont as the largest elementary school in Lincoln growing the most with 67 students for a total of 888. Roper is the second largest elementary school with 865, followed by Belmont with 815 students.
• Scott Middle School remains the largest despite losing 45 students with 1137.  Schoo is the second largest with 918 students. Moore Middle School grew the most by adding 93 students for a total of 739.
• None of the high schools grew a significant amount. East remains the largest high school with 2,256 students. Lincoln High is second largest with 2,172, and Southwest is close behind with 2,170. North Star with 2,073 students makes it four high schools with populations over 2,000.
• Prekindergarten enrollment is up by 76 students due to four new early childhood classrooms opening at Northwest High School and Robinson Elementary School. 

 

Lincoln Public Schools By the Numbers

Fall Membership Count as of October 1, 2022

GRADE LEVEL	TOTAL
K	2,859
1	3,010
2	2,886
3	2,978
4	2,991
5	3,009
6	3,058
7	3,072
8	3,189
9	3,272
10	3,091
11	3,081
12	3,461
ELEMENTARY TOTAL	17,733
MIDDLE TOTAL	9,319
HIGH TOTAL	12,905
K-12 TOTAL	39,957
EARLY CHILDHOOD TOTAL	1,827
GRAND TOTAL	41,784

Fall Membership Count as of October 1 - Four Year Historical Look

SCHOOL	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Adams	829	804	776	762
Arnold	776	736	742	739
Beattie	394	371	368	358
Belmont	821	799	829	815
Brownell	335	292	320	339
Calvert	363	349	361	313
Campbell	655	624	591	612
Cavett	636	597	580	563
Clinton	444	415	392	404
Eastridge	291	269	291	280
Elliott	398	366	383	370
Everett	449	409	374	385
Fredstrom	469	463	437	443
Hartley	394	341	339	344
Hill	527	475	449	421
Holmes	416	402	393	408
Humann	530	534	564	524
Huntington	456	412	370	368
Kahoa	582	554	537	487
Kloefkorn	484	499	488	486
Kooser	777	787	821	888
Lakeview	380	387	400	387
Maxey	683	658	683	691
McPhee	301	295	304	284
Meadow Lane	611	635	620	507
Morley	476	424	421	375
Norwood Park	262	233	238	252
Pershing	471	420	430	443
Prescott	561	469	491	502
Pyrtle	470	431	454	468
Randolph	481	468	428	459
Remote Learning Program			203
Riley	336	342	321	279
Robinson				266
Roper	884	853	803	865
Rousseau	573	530	531	565
Saratoga	271	254	235	242
Sheridan	489	437	407	377
West Lincoln	524	511	505	486
Wysong	542	581	684	697
Zeman	433	426	440	442
Culler	634	675	708	701
Dawes	450	444	398	407
Goodrich	886	823	818	876
Irving	828	850	910	886
Lefler	575	607	558	614
Lux	790	808	789	791
Mickle	732	733	719	694
Moore	612	622	646	739
Park	834	860	833	832
Pound	727	737	700	724
Remote Learning			143
Schoo	916	910	898	918
Scott	1113	1147	1182	1137
East	2311	2323	2250	2256
Lincoln High	2362	2378	2310	2172
North Star	2164	2297	2243	2073
Northeast	1779	1813	1861	1811
Northwest				498
Southeast	2077	2001	1980	1925
Southwest	2055	2113	2196	2170

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