Linden High

Located at 18527 East Front St., in Linden, California, Linden High is a mid-sized four-year high school that serves 743 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Linden Unified.

Linden High is one of 6 schools operated by Linden Unified, a district that serves 2,339 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Linden High reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 29% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Linden High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -0.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Linden High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pride Continuation, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Linden High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.4%.

Linden High operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linden High has increased 16%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 743 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 59% to 66%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.