AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 401 S LAKE AVE, in AVON PARK, Florida, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate intermediate school that hosts 600 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within HIGHLANDS. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

HIGHLANDS runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,040 students. AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 24% White, 24% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -3.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Highlands County) records that median household income runs about $54,897, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 24 public schools in Highlands County (combined enrollment of about 12,040 students).

The closest other public school is AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 699 (now 600). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 41% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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