Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033000348
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3300 THOMASSON DR, NAPLES, FL 34112 · (239) 377-6200 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
213 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
56.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 58.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 363 | 58.7% | 46.8% |
| LAVERN GAYNOR ELEMENTARY NAPLES | 366 | 58.2% | 54.3% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 445 | 61.8% | 42.4% |
| SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 470 | 59.1% | 55.4% |
| ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH PLANT CITY | 457 | 56.9% | 47.9% |
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 455 | 61.5% | 42.3% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,493 of 2,136 | #32 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,250 of 2,149 ▼ 246 | #30 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,676 of 2,149 ▲ 347 | #31 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,860 of 2,267 | #32 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,105 of 2,077 | #31 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #1,558 of 2,108 | #24 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #960 of 2,188 | #15 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #254 of 1,374 | #3 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
363
-44 (-11%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 363 | 22.7 | 16.0:1 | 59% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 21.5 | 15.8:1 | 70% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 20.9 | 16.6:1 | 74% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 92% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 95% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 94% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 93% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 81% (494) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 40 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in NAPLES, Florida, under COLLIER. It enrolled 363 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
COLLIER has a total of 69 schools and 48,252 students, AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students account for 72% of enrollment at AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining students are 13% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Collier County is about 28% Hispanic. By the diversity index, AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 45%.
With 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 16.0:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 59%. Public schools in Collier County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 51.8% and the result is 46.8%.
Collier County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Collier County number 75 and enroll about 48,252.
The closest other public school is COLLIER JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 5.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 407 students to 363.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Other schools in NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Other Avalon Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Avalon Elementary. AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 9.
- AVALON ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 553 students
- Avalon ElementaryPerris, CA · 563 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 399 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 345 students
- Avalon ElementaryApache Junction, AZ · 313 students
Nearby schools
- COLLIER JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER1.5 mi · 16
- SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 470
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 214
- NEW BEGINNINGS - NAPLES2.2 mi · 37
- THE PHOENIX PROGRAM NAPLES2.3 mi · 129
- LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 11% White, 72% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by COLLIER in Collier County.
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