Linden Unified’s 3 public middle schools run from the 24th to the 50th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Middle · 3 schools
from 24th to 50th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Glenwood Elementary: 50th percentile, Solid
Waterloo Elementary: 36th percentile, Developing
Waverly Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school.
Elementary and high school pictures
Elementary · 2 schools
from 10th to 55th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Glenwood Elementary: 55th percentile, Solid
Waverly Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong
High · 1 school
at 45th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Linden High: 45th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 4 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.
The average middle school in Linden Unified had 15 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
High schools
Where does the high school we score in Linden Unified stand?
Linden High is at the 45th percentile.
That’s higher than 45 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Linden Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Linden Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Linden Unified spent $18,026 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Linden Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction57%
Instruction support9%
Student services14%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance13%
Other1%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$26.7 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 44 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 58% of its $46.1 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 111 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 67% of the money. The plan itself puts 86% of it toward staff.
All teachers except CTE, AVID & VAPA $11.1 million
Special Education $4.8 million
Facilities $2.0 million
41 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
11 of the plan’s 44 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $136,200
Math $168,965
Catch-up help $988,497
English learners $105,006
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
High School Counselors/Academic Intervention Specialist$543,703
High School Credit Recovery Program (LREBG)$216,900
ELA Intervention Program (LREBG)$136,200
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $7.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $7.6 million and estimates it spent $7.1 million, $0.5 million (6%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$7.1 million spent (estimated)$7.6 million planned
Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $0.5 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
What changed
The total is $1.5 million (6%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Special Education, which went from $3.8 million to $4.8 million.
Largest cuts
Technology Devices−$223,299
PD Days & on-going professional development−$194,823
Student Services−$150,209
Largest increases
Special Education+$967,998
All teachers except CTE, AVID & VAPA+$344,452
Transportation+$293,292
New in the 2026–27 plan
High School Credit Recovery Program (LREBG)$216,900
Ask: What did Technology Devices pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $223,299 less?
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
16 in 100
17 in 100
1 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.7%
3.0%
up 0.3 pts
Goal 3 tracks named schools and Goal 1 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
All teachers except CTE, AVID & VAPA · $11,069,131
Special Education · $4,815,922
Facilities · $2,027,160
The full plan3 goals, 11 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($26.7 million).
Where does the money go?
78% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1All students will engage in learning from highly qualified staff, aligned instruction with current state…$20.7 million78% of action budgets
“All students will engage in learning from highly qualified staff, aligned instruction with current state standards and rigorous curriculum to maximize potential and be college and career ready” p. 11 ↗
29 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $19.0 million (+$1.6 million)
Largest funded actions
All teachers except CTE, AVID & VAPA$11.1 millionaction 1.19 · p. 67 ↗
Special Education$4.8 millionaction 1.21 · p. 67 ↗
CTE$1.2 millionaction 1.11 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Extended Learning Opportunities$0.6 millionaction 1.4 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $600,090 is state funding counted toward those services
High School Counselors/Academic Intervention Specialist$0.5 millionaction 1.13 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
24 more funded actions in this goal
Information/Instructional Technology (IT) · action 1.1 · p. 65 ↗$0.5 million
Technology Devices · action 1.2 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Additional Programs · action 1.18 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
High School Credit Recovery Program (LREBG) · action 1.28 · p. 67 ↗$0.2 million
AVID · action 1.10 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Specialized Certificated Staff · action 1.22 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
ELA Intervention Program (LREBG) · action 1.26 · p. 67 ↗$0.1 million
CCR Staff · action 1.15 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Additional Math High School Teacher · action 1.23 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
English Learner Program Management (LREBG) · action 1.27 · p. 67 ↗$0.1 million
PD Days & on-going professional development · action 1.6 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Learning Recovery (LREBG) · action 1.29 · p. 68 ↗under $0.1 million
Math Acceleration Path · action 1.20 · p. 67 ↗under $0.1 million
ELD · action 1.12 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
MTSS Conferences · action 1.5 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Academic Assessment Systems · action 1.3 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
AP · action 1.8 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Math Intervention Program (LREBG) · action 1.25 · p. 67 ↗under $0.1 million
PSAT/SAT · action 1.7 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Math Professional Development · action 1.24 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
AP Training · action 1.9 · p. 66 ↗under $0.1 million
Teacher Support · $3,670 → $1,200 · p. 67 ↗−$2,470
Assignment Committee · $1,377 → $1,200 · p. 67 ↗−$177
A reworded title counts as new.
We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 11. p. 11 ↗
Goal 2All students, families, and community educational partners will be actively engaged to ensure learning in a…$5.9 million22% of action budgets
“All students, families, and community educational partners will be actively engaged to ensure learning in a physically and emotionally safe and positive environment for all students” p. 30 ↗
12 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.1 million (−$135,079)
Student Services$0.9 millionaction 2.10 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Mental Health/Social Emotional Support$0.8 millionaction 2.5 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Transportation$0.8 millionaction 2.11 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
School Safety Personnel$0.3 millionaction 2.4 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
7 more funded actions in this goal
Health · action 2.7 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $306,124 is state funding counted toward those services$0.3 million
Translation/interpretation support · action 2.2 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Additional School Social Worker (LREBG) · action 2.13 · p. 69 ↗$0.1 million
School Climate · action 2.8 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Health & Safety · action 2.9 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
School/Home Communication · action 2.6 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Parent University · action 2.1 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Transportation+$293,292$529,397 → $822,689 · p. 69 ↗
Student Services−$0.2 million$1.1 million → $0.9 million · p. 69 ↗
Mental Health/Social Emotional Support−$134,024$971,249 → $837,225 · p. 68 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Facilities · $2.0 million → $2.0 million · p. 68 ↗−$11,885
School Safety Personnel · $439,720 → $341,680 · p. 68 ↗−$98,040
Translation/interpretation support · $301,322 → $306,299 · p. 68 ↗+$4,977
Additional School Social Worker (LREBG) · $137,529 → $147,410 · p. 69 ↗+$9,881
School Climate · $123,000 → $124,031 · p. 68 ↗+$1,031
Health & Safety · $66,210 → $25,234 · p. 68 ↗−$40,976
School/Home Communication · $20,500 → $25,082 · p. 68 ↗+$4,582
Parent University · $9,087 → $9,000 · p. 68 ↗−$87
How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 1 quoted
Percentage of students who are expelled from the district during the academic yearp. 34 ↗
Baseline
Overall: 0.4% …
Target for year 3
Overall: 0% …
10 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, PRIDE High School will reduce the suspension rate of socioeconomically disadvantaged students…$56,538under 1% of action budgets
“By June 2027, PRIDE High School will reduce the suspension rate of socioeconomically disadvantaged students by 7% and Hispanic students by 5% by implementing targeted intervention programs, support personnel, and receiving staff professional development. In addition, by June 2027, PRIDE High School will increase student course completion for various employment trades by implementing hands-on course work to become career ready” p. 41 ↗
3 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
Employment Trade Courses$46,538action 3.4 · p. 69 ↗
Professional Development$5,000action 3.2 · p. 69 ↗
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 2,339 students
1Hispanic or Latino66%
2White27%
3Not reported2%
4Asian2%
5Two or more races2%
6American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
7Filipino<1%
8Black or African American<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
72%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,686 of 2,339 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
Linden Unified isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 48% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (181 of 378 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in Linden Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Glenwood Elementary, 55th percentile (Solid). Middle: Glenwood Elementary, 50th percentile (Solid). High: Linden High, 45th percentile (Developing). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Linden Unified district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Linden Unified good?
Linden Unified’s 2 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 55th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Linden Unified’s 3 public middle schools run from the 24th to the 50th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Linden Unified has one public high school we score, Linden High, at the 45th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in Linden Unified compare with California?
The average middle school in Linden Unified had 15 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Linden Unified spend per student?
Linden Unified spent $18,026 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Linden Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in Linden Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $26.7 million into 44 funded actions in 3 goals, 58% of its $46.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $20.7 million, 78% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Linden Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.