Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93516

Schools in ZIP code 93516 include three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12, with 552 students altogether; all are part of Muroc Joint Unified. The schools serve different grade spans, and the two high schools report very different graduation outcomes. The clearest area-wide pattern is that results are moving in opposite directions: West Boron Elementary improved, while Boron Junior-Senior High declined in every subject with results for both years.

West Boron leads the group in all three reported subjects, with 34% proficient in ELA, 21% in math, and 27% in science in 2025–2026. That is 25 percentage points ahead of Boron Junior-Senior in ELA and 16 points ahead in math; in science, West Boron is 20 points above McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation), the next-highest school. Boron Junior-Senior has the lowest reported ELA and math results, at 8% and 5%; McGowan’s results in those subjects are suppressed. Graduation outcomes distinguish the high schools: Boron Junior-Senior reports 92% graduation, compared with 71% at McGowan and 88% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is high at all three schools, ranging from 47% at West Boron to 93% at McGowan, versus 18% statewide.

Recent changes reinforce the contrast: West Boron’s ELA, math, and science results rose by 15, 8, and 17 points, respectively, from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; Boron Junior-Senior’s fell by 17, 17, and 10 points. SchoolDigger ranks West Boron at the 26th percentile and Boron Junior-Senior at the 14th; West Boron’s rank has risen from the 3rd percentile in 2023–2024, while Boron Junior-Senior’s latest rank follows a sharp one-year swing. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 75% at West Boron, 60% at Boron Junior-Senior, and 70% at McGowan; student-teacher ratios were 18.4, 12.5, and 153.3, respectively. These measures describe different school contexts but do not, by themselves, explain the differences in results.