Linton State School No. 880 was formed on 1 August 1867 after a series of amalgamations of local gold diggings schools that had been operating at Standard Lead, Linton’s Diggings, and the new township of Linton.
Following a School Inspector’s report in 1868, which stated that the Linton school building was the worst in the Ballarat district, a new red brick and timber school was built on this site in 1873 at a cost of £674.
Average attendance in the early days was 232 pupils, so the nearby Court House was sometimes also used for classes. In 1887, the eastern wing was extended to include a Headmaster’s residence. After celebrating its centenary in 1967, the old school was demolished in 1969 and the present timber school built. The buildings and surrounds were refurbished in 2009 and again in 2022.
Throughout the 20th century pupil numbers gradually reduced, except for an increase in the 1950s when there was an influx of post-war Dutch immigrants to Linton. The school currently has around 15 pupils.
