Linden

Linden is an expansive K-5 school in Malden, Massachusetts, run under Malden. The school instructs 813 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 113% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Malden runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 6,354 students. Linden is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Linden logs that 28% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Asian, 20% White, 20% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Linden higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Linden is one campus in the mix.

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 871 students in 2018 compared to 813 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 34% to 20% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.