Summary:
Zip code 93434 has one middle school, Kermit McKenzie Intermediate, serving grades 4–8 in the Guadalupe Union Elementary district, with 585 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 26% in ELA, 14% in math, and 15% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The school’s average across these subjects was 18%, versus 41% statewide. The most important finding for families is that proficiency in all three core subjects was substantially below state results.
There are no separate local schools to identify as top or bottom performers; Kermit McKenzie is the only school in the list. Among its core subjects, science was closest to the state, with a 21-point gap, compared with 24-point gaps in both ELA and math. Its all-grade CSA Spanish results offer a contrasting bright spot: the school exceeded the state in three of four reported measures, including writing (23% versus 17%, a 5-point advantage), overall results (13% versus 10%, 3 points higher), and reading (10% versus 8%, 2 points higher). Listening was 21% at the school and 24% statewide.
Core-subject results moved in different directions between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: the school’s average changed from 18.4% to 18.1%, while its average gap from the state widened by 2 points. Math improved relative to the state, narrowing its gap from 25 points to 24; science’s gap widened from 16 points to 21. SchoolDigger rated the school one star in each of the three years reported, while its percentile fell from 25 in 2022–2023 to 16 in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 16% and the state’s 18%. For context, the student–teacher ratio was 18.2 in 2024–2025, and 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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