Summary
Sunnymead Middle serves 1,185 students in grades 6–8 in Moreno Valley, California, as part of Moreno Valley Unified. In 2025–2026, 27% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 9% in math, and 15% in science—below both district and state rates in all three subjects. The most important concern is math: it is the school’s weakest core subject and its largest gap compared with the state.
Science is the relative bright spot among the core subjects: Sunnymead’s state gaps were 21 points in science, 22 in ELA, and 29 in math; its gaps behind the district were 5, 8, and 11 points, respectively. Compared with five other Moreno Valley Unified middle schools, Sunnymead ranked second-lowest in ELA and lowest in math and science, with results 6, 8, and 5 points below those schools’ averages. Spanish-language results offer a different strength: listening proficiency was 27%, above the state’s 24% and equal to the district, while reading was 9%, slightly above the state’s 8%; writing, at 14%, was below both. Chronic absenteeism was 24%, below the district’s 25% but above the state’s 18%.
Results have improved unevenly: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 9 points and science 7, while math rose just 1 point and its state gap widened by 2 points. SchoolDigger rates Sunnymead at the 10th percentile with 0 stars, tied with Badger Springs Middle for the lowest current percentile among nearby schools with rankings. One notable group result is Special Education Students: SchoolDigger places them at the 23rd percentile, compared with 10th overall, up from 11th the year before—a relative improvement in its measure of how well the school serves this group. Context for families: the student-teacher ratio was 20.7 in 2024–2025, below the other district middle schools’ 21.0 average, and 94% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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