The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in English language arts. The lowest is 33% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Norma Krueger El/bert Karrer Campus
Norma Krueger El/Bert Karrer Campus is the third-through-fifth-grade elementary school for Marion ISD, a small rural district in western Guadalupe County, Texas. The school sits on Bulldog Lane at the edge of town, alongside the district's other campuses, rather than in Marion's small Center Street civic core. For a family moving to Marion, this is the one elementary building that serves those upper elementary grades, so the question is less about choosing among options and more about understanding what this school is.
Marion itself is a quiet, low-density town strung along FM 78, roughly a half-hour east of San Antonio and not far west of Seguin. Publicly reported descriptions characterize it as oriented toward rural residential life, with larger lots, limited local commerce, and a car-dependent layout. The northeast San Antonio growth corridor has been pushing into the area, and several new subdivisions are actively developing in Marion's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Home values here currently sit above the Texas statewide benchmark, though year-over-year appreciation has been modest. No rental price index data was available for this ZIP code.
On state STAAR assessments, the school's results present a mixed picture worth understanding carefully. Reading and language arts is the relative strength: by fifth grade, nearly two-thirds of students reach the proficient-or-above threshold, and the overall ELA approaches-grade-level rate across the school is well above the midpoint for the county. Math is weaker. Third-grade math proficiency comes in well below half of students, fourth grade is similarly low, and fifth grade reaches roughly the mid-forties. The fifth-grade science result is in the low-to-mid thirties. Looking at the school's overall proficiency index relative to the other districts in Guadalupe County, this school lands just above the county midpoint among that group of four districts, so it is neither the strongest nor the weakest performer in the immediate peer set. The "masters grade level" band, Texas's highest performance tier, is in the low twenties across subjects combined, meaning deep mastery is still a small share of the student body. A parent who wants to understand what the school is doing for students who are below grade level, or for those who are already at mastery, would be well served by asking those questions directly.
The school's enrollment spans three grade levels and is what you would expect for a small-town elementary. Students are roughly split between Hispanic and white, with smaller shares of other backgrounds. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate economic need level. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in this dataset, so families with children who have specific language or special education needs should ask the school directly about those staffing and program details.
No program offerings data was available for this school specifically. The district brief search was exhausted without surfacing recent changes, so we left that section out rather than speculate. Marion ISD partners with the Seguin Economic Development Corporation for career exposure, and regional employers like Caterpillar and Niagara Bottling participate in job shadowing and internship programs, though that context matters more for the secondary grades than for a third-through-fifth campus.
The community itself offers the Marion Community Library on South Center Street, which publicly runs programming for children and families across the area, and Veterans Memorial Park. Larger parks and recreation options are in neighboring communities. There is no fixed-route public transit; daily life in Marion requires a car.
Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these test results represent improvement, decline, or a stable pattern over time.
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