Linden Elementary

Located at 18100 East Front St., in Linden, California, Linden Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that enrolls 414 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Linden Unified.

Within Linden Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 2,339 students, Linden Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Linden Elementary lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Linden Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Linden Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 40.3%.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Linden Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

Pride Continuation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Linden Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Linden Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

Linden Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linden Elementary has ticked down 4%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 41% to 33%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.