Linden Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in LINDEN, Michigan, Linden Elementary School teaches 295 students from grades pre-K through 3, run under Linden Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 20% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

Linden Community Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,335 students. Linden Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Linden Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Linden Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Linden Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Genesee County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Linden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Genesee County) records that median household income runs about $62,281, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linden Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Hyatt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Linden Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Linden Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Linden Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 295). White enrollment moved from 89% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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