An equity score of 44/100 ranks Linden Unified #907 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,141 per pupil, Linden Unified ranks #973 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,277
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,141
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Linden Unified operates 6 public schools serving 2,277 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Joaquin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,141 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.6% local, 58.6% state, and 11.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #907 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 247.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.7% Hispanic or Latino, 25.3% White, 1.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Waterloo Elementary, with a diversity index of 54.6/100.
Its largest campus is Linden High, enrolling 743 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pride Continuation, at 27 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Linden High accounts for 31.8% of all Linden Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Linden Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Linden Unified school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Linden Unified school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 743 students (highest), a spread of 716 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Linden Unified student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Linden Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 17.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Linden Unified is typically wider than the Linden Unified-aggregate figure suggests.