Schools in Zip Code 48634

Zip code 48634 is home to just one school, Linwood Elementary School, a small public school serving grades PK through 6 within the Pinconning Area Schools district, with 122 students enrolled.

For parents considering this area, the most important takeaway is that Linwood Elementary appears to be a school in the middle of a positive turnaround, though progress is uneven across grade levels. The school’s state ranking jumped dramatically from the 25th percentile (1 star) in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to the 46th percentile (2 stars) in the most recent 2025-2026 data, moving up over 300 spots in the state rankings. This improvement is most visible in 4th grade, where English Language Arts proficiency reached 52.2%—well above the state average of 41.3% and a remarkable 16 percentage points higher than the district’s own average. Math in 4th grade also exceeded state averages. However, the picture is less rosy in other grades. 3rd grade math proficiency (31.6%) lags significantly behind the state (42.9%), and 5th grade shows a concerning slump, with ELA and science proficiency both at just 23.8%, far below state averages of 43.8% and 40%, respectively. This inconsistency from year to year—for example, 4th grade ELA swung from 13% to 52% in just one year—suggests that performance is heavily influenced by the specific cohort of students in each grade, making it hard to predict long-term stability.

On the resource side, the school spends a substantial $17,250 per student, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 22.2% is actually better than both the district (30.3%) and state (27.9%) averages. Nearly half of the students (47.54%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-poverty population. The student-teacher ratio is 15.7, which is moderate. Despite strong spending and decent attendance, overall academic results remain mixed, and the school’s performance sometimes diverges sharply from its district—for instance, 5th grade science proficiency is nearly 20 points lower than the district average. Parents should view Linwood as a school with clear bright spots in 4th grade and a promising upward trajectory, but with notable challenges in 5th grade and a need for more consistent achievement across all subjects and grades.