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Enrollment
1,058
Middle
DISTRICT 1,104 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580009583
Badger Springs Middle
24750 Delphinium Ave., Moreno Valley, CA 92553 · (951) 571-4200 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,000 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 332 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 375 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 351 | 33% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
12.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 48.3% |
| Math | 3.3% | 9.3% | 20.7% | 66.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 12.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 24.9% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 27.6% | 13.4% |
| 2017-18 | 19.3% | 12.6% |
| 2016-17 | 20.7% | 16.5% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Badger Springs Middle
Badger Springs Middle's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Springs Middle this school | 1,058 | 94.5% | 19.3% |
| North Mountain Middle San Jacinto | 953 | 91.4% | 18.5% |
| Greenfield Middle Bakersfield | 873 | 95.6% | 30.6% |
| Arrowview Middle San Bernardino | 917 | 96.7% | 25.9% |
| Rialto Middle Rialto | 1,017 | 87.9% | 28.2% |
| Acacia Middle Hemet | 958 | 94.8% | 13.6% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Badger Springs Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,070 of 1,224 | #63 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #1,076 of 1,227 ▼ 50 | #64 of 78 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #1,065 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #65 of 78 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #614 of 1,214 | #42 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #152 of 1,377 | #21 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #887 of 1,279 | #43 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #965 of 1,278 | #62 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #126 of 1,329 | #12 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #523 of 930 | #34 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,058
-74 (-7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,058 | 47.1 | 22.4:1 | 95% (1,000) |
| 2023-24 | 1,069 | 47.1 | 22.7:1 | 93% (996) |
| 2022-23 | 1,059 | 51.8 | 20.5:1 | 77% (817) |
| 2020-21 | 1,132 | 52 | 21.8:1 | 90% (1,021) |
| 2017-18 | 1,236 | 48 | 25.8:1 | 92% (1,134) |
| 2015-16 | 1,193 | 48 | 24.9:1 | 92% (1,101) |
| 2010-11 | 1,337 | N/A | N/A | 89% (1,196) |
| 2000-01 | 1,283 | 65 | 19.7:1 | 78% (1,006) |
| 1990-91 | 903 | 36 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Badger Springs Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,236 to 1,058); teachers down 2% (48 to 47.1).
About Badger Springs Middle
Badger Springs Middle is a middle school located in Moreno Valley, California, in Riverside County. A federal count lists 1,058 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Moreno Valley Unified has 31,001 students spread across 38 schools.
Most students at Badger Springs Middle are Hispanic: 84% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 51% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Badger Springs Middle comes in at 28%.
Dividing enrollment by its 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.4:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. Eligible students account for 95% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Badger Springs Middle receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Badger Springs Middle is 24.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 19.3%.
Riverside County has about 2,478,600 residents, and median household income is about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
The closest public school, Chaparral Hills Elementary, is about 0.2 miles from Badger Springs Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Badger Springs Middle ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Badger Springs Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,132 to 1,058.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
Nearby schools
- Chaparral Hills Elementary0.2 mi · 547
- Bayside Community Day0.2 mi · 121
- Moreno Valley Online Academy0.2 mi · 722
- Serrano Elementary0.5 mi · 496
- Armada Elementary0.6 mi · 684
- Ramona Elementary1.0 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Badger Springs MiddleHow many students attend Badger Springs Middle?
Badger Springs Middle enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Badger Springs Middle serve?
Badger Springs Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Badger Springs Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Badger Springs Middle is approximately 22.4:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Badger Springs Middle?
At Badger Springs Middle, the student body is approximately 3% White, 84% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Badger Springs Middle?
Badger Springs Middle is overseen by Moreno Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.