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What's one thing Linden Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDEN UNIFIED·NCES 062181002588
Linden Elementary
18100 East Front St., Linden, CA 95236 · (209) 887-3600 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
269 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 32% larger than its 4th grade class (87).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Linden Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
46.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.7% | 17.1% | 30.3% | 32.9% |
| Math | 19.1% | 27.0% | 32.9% | 21.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 41.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 42.7% |
| 2021-22 | 35.2% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.7% | 59.5% |
| 2017-18 | 46.9% | 54.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.7% | 40.2% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Linden Elementary
Linden Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linden Elementary this school | 414 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
| Canalino Elementary Carpinteria | 471 | 62.4% | 46.9% |
| Fairgrove Elementary Grover Beach | 365 | 67.9% | 49.2% |
| Mission Meadows Elementary Oceanside | 473 | 63.6% | 37.2% |
| South Oceanside Elementary Oceanside | 487 | 65.7% | 36.4% |
| Shirley Rominger Intermediate Winters | 363 | 60.6% | 31.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Linden Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,386 of 5,151 | #34 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,852 of 5,172 ▲ 230 | #21 of 138 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #3,238 of 5,172 ▼ 441 | #54 of 138 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #1,999 of 5,116 | #41 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #3,506 of 5,915 | #116 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,000 of 5,352 | #99 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #2,385 of 5,354 | #83 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #3,233 of 5,625 | #102 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #3,404 of 3,837 | #81 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 22.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 17 | 24.4:1 | 65% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 18 | 22.1:1 | 68% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | 60% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 17 | 25.4:1 | 52% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 52% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | N/A | N/A | 63% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 49% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 17 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linden Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (432 to 414); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Linden Elementary
Linden Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Linden, California, administered by Linden Unified. It reported 414 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
Linden Unified is made up of 6 schools with 2,339 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Linden Elementary is 58% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 33% White and 7% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 16 points above the 43% share among San Joaquin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Classroom staffing at Linden Elementary totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.4:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 65% of students (269) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in San Joaquin County is close, at 66%.
Linden Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.5% for Linden Elementary. The school posts 41.0%, within a point of the prediction.
The school is in San Joaquin County, where median household income comes to about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Joaquin County's 251 public schools enroll about 153,026 students and include Linden Elementary.
Pride Continuation is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.0%; Linden Elementary's is 41.0%, ranking 1st of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Linden Elementary is Rural: Distant.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (419) and 2024-25 (414). Federal data show the ratio rising from 22.1:1 to 24.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linden Unified
- Linden HighHigh · 743 students
- Waverly ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Glenwood ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Waterloo ElementaryMiddle · 339 students
- Pride ContinuationHigh · 27 students
Other schools in Linden
- Linden HighHigh · 743 students
- Pride ContinuationHigh · 27 students
Other Linden Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Linden Elementary. Linden Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Linden Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 674 students
- Linden ElementaryOak Ridge, TN · 524 students
- Linden Elementary SchoolDoylestown, PA · 353 students
- LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFREMONT, NE · 339 students
- Linden ElementaryLinden, TN · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Pride Continuation0.3 mi · 27
- Linden High0.3 mi · 743
- Turner Academy at Tokay Colony5.1 mi · 21
- Waterloo Elementary5.5 mi · 339
- Glenwood Elementary6.0 mi · 378
- Waverly Elementary7.5 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Linden ElementaryHow many students attend Linden Elementary?
Linden Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-04.
Is Linden Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linden Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Linden Elementary have?
Linden Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Linden Elementary?
Student demographics at Linden Elementary are roughly 33% White, 58% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Linden Elementary public or private?
Linden Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Linden Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.