Summary:
ZIP code 95236 has two high schools in Linden Unified: Linden High serves grades 9–12, and Pride Continuation serves grades 10–12. Together, they enroll 770 students, but about 97% attend Linden, which has 743 students compared with Pride’s 27. The most striking difference for families is in attendance and completion: graduation was 100% at Linden and 80% at Pride, chronic absenteeism was 16% versus 75%, and dropout was 0% versus 15%.
Linden High stands out for stronger reported test results, while Pride’s available results are much lower. In 2025–2026, all-grades ELA proficiency was 50% at Linden and 0% at Pride; science was 23% at Linden and 0% at Pride. Linden’s ELA result was about level with the state’s 49%, but its math result of 19% was 20 points below the state’s 38%, and its science result was 13 points below the state’s 36%. For the same-grade 11th-grade ELA comparison, Linden had 50% proficient and Pride 0%; Linden was 8 points below the state and 3 points above the district. Pride’s math result is suppressed, so it cannot be compared; the schools also differ in grade span and type.
Recent trends at Linden are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 4 points to 50%, math rose 1 point to 19%, and science fell 2 points to 23%. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank for Linden declined from the 56th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 41st in 2025–2026, despite the recent ELA improvement. The schools also differ in context: in 2024–2025, the free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 69% at Linden and 89% at Pride, while student-teacher ratios were 19.5 and 13.5, respectively; these figures describe the schools but do not explain their outcomes.
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