AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 5445 KING ARTHURS WAY, in MILTON, Florida, AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle school that works with 768 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within SANTA ROSA.

Within SANTA ROSA, which oversees 38 schools and 29,643 students, AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Santa Rosa County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Rosa County) records that the typical household earns roughly $91,922 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Santa Rosa County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,382 students), of which AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 771 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 79% to 71% over that span.

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