Summary:
ZIP code 92553 has two Moreno Valley Unified middle schools, Sunnymead Middle and Badger Springs Middle; both serve grades 6–8, with 1,185 and 1,058 students, respectively. The clearest shared concern is that both schools are well below state results in English language arts, math, and science, with the largest average gap in math: 28 percentage points.
The schools are close to each other in the core subjects, but each leads in different areas. Sunnymead is ahead in ELA (27% versus 25%, a 3-point gap), while Badger Springs leads in math (12% versus 9%, a 3-point gap) and science (16% versus 15%, a 1-point gap). Both remain below state results in all three subjects. In Spanish assessments, Badger Springs leads in overall results and reading by 2 points in each; Sunnymead leads in listening by 6 points and writing by 1 point. The schools’ average for overall Spanish equals the state result, and their average for reading is 2 points higher.
Recent core-subject progress is mixed: average ELA results rose 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, narrowing the gap with the state, while math was essentially flat and its state gap widened by 1 point; science improved 2 points, but the state improved more, widening that gap by 2 points. Spanish overall rose 3 points on average, reaching the state result. SchoolDigger places both schools at the 10th percentile in 2025–2026, but Sunnymead rose from the 7th percentile in 2023–2024 while Badger Springs fell from the 15th; their ratings are 0 and 1 stars, respectively. Sunnymead also has a lower student-teacher ratio (20.7 versus 22.4). Both schools have similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025—94.2% and 94.5%—and this is context, not an explanation for their results.
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