Summary:
Zip code 93434 has two schools in the Guadalupe Union Elementary District, serving kindergarten through grade 8: Mary Buren Elementary serves K–4, and Kermit McKenzie Intermediate serves grades 4–8. In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades ELA and math results were below state rates: ELA was 23% at Mary and 26% at Kermit, compared with 49% statewide; math was 29% and 14%, compared with 38% statewide. The clearest takeaway is that neither school leads across subjects: Mary’s relative strength is math, while Kermit’s is ELA.
Mary Buren stands out in math, scoring 29% proficient—14 percentage points above Kermit’s 14%—though still 10 points below the state. Kermit McKenzie leads in ELA by 3 points and in CSA Spanish overall by 6 points; its writing result is 23%, a reported 15-point lead over Mary’s 7%. Kermit’s CSA Spanish overall result of 13% is 3 points above the state, while Mary’s 7% is 3 points below. Kermit is also the only school with a reported all-grades science result: 15%, compared with 36% statewide.
Recent results show improvement in some areas, but not across the board. The two-school average in math rose from 14% in 2024–2025 to 21% in 2025–2026, while average ELA rose from 23% to 24%; by contrast, average CSA Spanish overall fell from 12% to 10%. Mary’s standout change was a 14-point math gain, while Kermit’s strongest gain was a 7-point rise in CSA Spanish writing. SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 rankings place Mary in the 5th percentile with 0 stars and Kermit in the 16th percentile with 1 star; both percentile standings fell from 2022–2023, though the schools’ ranking pools differ. Their 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were similar: 18.9 at Mary and 18.2 at Kermit. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 90% at Mary and 88% at Kermit. The all-grades results combine different grade spans, so they are not same-grade comparisons.
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