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What's the most underrated thing about Sunnymead Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,185
Middle
DISTRICT 1,104 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580009585
Sunnymead Middle
23996 Eucalyptus Ave., Moreno Valley, CA 92553 · (951) 571-4280 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,185 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of California public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- CThree-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
20.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,116 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 | 388 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 391 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 406 | 34% |
Student demographics
37%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
20.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
8.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.2% | 17.7% | 20.6% | 58.5% |
| Math | 2.5% | 6.2% | 21.3% | 70.0% |
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 | 20.9% | 8.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 8.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.2% | 8.6% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 13.4% |
| 2017-18 | 20.4% | 13.1% |
| 2016-17 | 18.6% | 10.5% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Sunnymead Middle
Sunnymead Middle's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnymead Middle this school | 1,185 | 94.2% | 13.8% |
| Badger Springs Middle Moreno Valley | 1,058 | 94.5% | 19.3% |
| Alexander Fleming Middle Lomita | 1,110 | 88.8% | 38.0% |
| Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet Acad Palmdale | 948 | 89.7% | 19.9% |
| Acacia Middle Hemet | 958 | 94.8% | 13.6% |
| Mountain View Middle Moreno Valley | 1,114 | 87.1% | 25.8% |
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 Sunnymead Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,167 of 1,224 | #74 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #1,171 of 1,227 ▲ 8 | #74 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,152 of 1,227 ▲ 6 | #71 of 78 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #814 of 1,214 | #55 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,185 | #76 of 1,377 | #12 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #565 of 1,279 | #13 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #859 of 1,278 | #50 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #138 of 1,329 | #13 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #395 of 930 | #22 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
1,185
-83 (-7%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 1,185 | 57.2 | 20.7:1 | 94% (1,116) |
| 2023-24 | 1,147 | 58.1 | 19.7:1 | 95% (1,090) |
| 2022-23 | 1,193 | 59.6 | 20.0:1 | 78% (932) |
| 2020-21 | 1,268 | 61 | 20.8:1 | 91% (1,153) |
| 2017-18 | 1,448 | 57.5 | 25.2:1 | 91% (1,313) |
| 2015-16 | 1,505 | 60 | 25.1:1 | 92% (1,383) |
| 2010-11 | 1,579 | N/A | N/A | 88% (1,387) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 75% (621) |
| 1990-91 | 868 | 41 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnymead Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,448 to 1,185); teachers unchanged (57.5 to 57.2).
About Sunnymead Middle
Families in Moreno Valley, California, are served by Sunnymead Middle, a large middle-grades school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,185 students. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 80% larger than that mark.
Moreno Valley Unified is made up of 38 schools with 31,001 students in all.
The largest group at Sunnymead Middle is Hispanic students, at 78%. Smaller groups are 12% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. County-wide, 51% of Riverside County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
The school's 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is similar, at 20.7:1. Income data for the school show 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Riverside County, the average is 74%.
Sunnymead Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of California public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 24.4% at Sunnymead Middle; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 13.8%.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 543 public schools in the county, enrolling about 424,872, Sunnymead Middle among them.
Measured in a straight line, Sunnymead Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Sunnymead Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Sunnymead Middle is behind the 24.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment fell 7% over 4 years, reaching 1,185 in 2024-25.
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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
- Mountain View MiddleMiddle · 1,114 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
- Sunnymead Elementary0.3 mi · 642
- Creekside Elementary0.7 mi · 612
- March Mountain High0.7 mi · 255
- March Valley0.7 mi · 95
- Sunnymeadows Elementary0.7 mi · 583
- Moreno Valley High0.8 mi · 2,103
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnymead MiddleHow large is Sunnymead Middle?
Sunnymead Middle enrolls approximately 1,185 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sunnymead Middle serve?
Sunnymead Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sunnymead Middle?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Sunnymead Middle.
How diverse is Sunnymead Middle?
Sunnymead Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunnymead Middle?
Sunnymead 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.