Linda Elementary

Located at 6180 Dunning Ave., in Marysville, California, Linda Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that works with 613 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Marysville Joint Unified. That puts it 32% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Linda Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Marysville Joint Unified, a district that serves 10,418 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Linda Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 20% Asian, 19% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Yuba County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Linda Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.5%; this one comes in at 14.7%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Yuba County reports that median household income runs about $76,373, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Yuba County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), Linda Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Middle College Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Linda Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Linda Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 613). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 40% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.