Summary:
The six schools in Linden Unified serve grades from kindergarten through grade 12, across elementary, middle, high, and continuation schools. Results vary widely: among the reported school results, the averages were about 39% in ELA (excluding Pride), 29% in math, and 21% in science, compared with state results of about 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important takeaway is that most school averages trail the state, but results differ substantially from one school to another.
Linden High led ELA at about 50%, roughly 5 percentage points ahead of the next-highest school, Glenwood Elementary, and about even with the state. Linden Elementary led math at about 42%, roughly 5 points above Glenwood and 4 above the state. Glenwood led science at about 33%, just 1 point above Waterloo Elementary, but 3 below the state. Among schools other than Pride, Waverly Elementary was lowest in all three subjects: its results were about 23 points below the state in ELA, 20 in math, and 19 in science. Pride Continuation reported 0% in ELA and science; its 27 students make it much smaller than the other schools.
Across the same schools, the gap from the state widened between 2024–25 and 2025–26 in all three subjects: from about 10 to 11 points in ELA, 7 to 9 in math, and 12 to 15 in science. Individual schools differed: Glenwood improved in all three subjects, while Waverly’s science result rose about 6 points even as its math result fell about 3. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Glenwood rose from the 40th to the 52nd percentile from 2023–24 to 2025–26; Linden Elementary and Linden High fell 13 and 15 percentile points, respectively. As context, the 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 87% at Glenwood and 75% at Waverly; these figures describe the schools, not the reason for their score differences. Grade-specific results can also differ from schoolwide results, so the best comparison depends on a child’s grade and subject.
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