Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL BUCKS SD·NCES 420531001057
Linden Elementary School
480 Linden Ave, Doylestown, PA 18901 · (267) 893-4400 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
36 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 54% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 66.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 School
Linden Elementary School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linden Elementary School this school | 353 | 10.2% | 74.5% |
| Fairview Elementary School Pittsburgh | 387 | 7.8% | 95.7% |
| Hosack Elementary School Allison Park | 348 | 11.2% | 91.7% |
| Gayman Elementary School Doylestown | 390 | 7.7% | 80.3% |
| Unionville Elementary School Kennett Square | 372 | 15.9% | 75.1% |
| Gray's Woods Elementary School Port Matilda | 356 | 11.5% | 66.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #210 of 1,396 | #18 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #368 of 1,511 ▼ 55 | #39 of 72 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #108 of 1,511 ▼ 37 | #12 of 72 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,044 of 1,638 | #60 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #453 of 1,528 | #19 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #945 of 1,531 | #57 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #1,565 of 1,600 | #67 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #382 of 1,045 | #11 of 50 |
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
353
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 353 | 29.3 | 12.1:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 29.5 | 12.0:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 29.6 | 12.4:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 38 | 9.9:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 34.2 | 12.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 3% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (425 to 353); teachers down 15% (34.2 to 29.3).
About Linden Elementary School
Linden Elementary School is a small elementary school in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Central Bucks SD. It had 353 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 20% lower.
Central Bucks SD has 16,879 students in 23 schools, and Linden Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among Bucks County residents, the White share is about 81%. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Linden Elementary School are from different groups.
Linden Elementary School lists 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.1 students per teacher. The school's 12.1:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 10% of the student body. The 40% average for public schools in Bucks County is 30 points higher.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Linden Elementary School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Linden Elementary School is 73.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.5%.
Looking at the county, Bucks County, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Bucks County has 123 public schools with about 81,956 students, including Linden Elementary School.
Central Bucks HS-West is the nearest public school to Linden Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 74.5% is above the 73.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Linden Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 25 students, from 378 to 353. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Linden Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Bucks SD
- Central Bucks HS-SouthHigh · 1,719 students
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tamanend Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
Other schools in Doylestown
- Central Bucks HS-WestHigh · 1,391 students
- Central Bucks HS-EastHigh · 1,374 students
- Holicong Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Tohickon Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Lenape Middle SchoolMiddle · 779 students
- Groveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
Other Linden Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Linden Elementary. Linden Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Linden Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 674 students
- Linden ElementaryOak Ridge, TN · 524 students
- Linden ElementaryLinden, CA · 414 students
- LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFREMONT, NE · 339 students
- Linden ElementaryLinden, TN · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Central Bucks HS-West1.3 mi · 1,391
- Doyle Elementary School1.4 mi · 409
- Lenape Middle School1.5 mi · 779
- Kutz Elementary School2.2 mi · 436
- Gayman Elementary School2.8 mi · 390
- Bridge Valley Elementary School2.9 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Linden Elementary SchoolHow large is Linden Elementary School?
Linden Elementary School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Linden Elementary School serve?
Linden Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Linden Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Linden Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Linden Elementary School?
Student demographics at Linden Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Linden Elementary School public or private?
Linden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Bucks SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.