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Enrollment
600
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084000902
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
401 S LAKE AVE, AVON PARK, FL 33825 · (863) 452-4333 · Highlands County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
422 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
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 | 211 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 42.0% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 600 | 70.3% | 42.9% |
| CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 679 | 68.6% | 42.4% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 679 | 68.8% | 31.0% |
| JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL SEFFNER | 686 | 67.3% | 27.4% |
Matched among Florida 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 AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #433 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #464 of 560 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #389 of 560 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #436 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #69 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #137 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #60 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #192 of 379 |
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
600
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 600 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 70% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 86% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 77% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 73% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 82% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 88% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 77% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 65% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in HIGHLANDS, located in AVON PARK, Florida. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 600 students. It has 24% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Florida (about 794).
The district, HIGHLANDS, operates 22 schools serving 12,040 students.
At AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups include 24% White, 24% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Highlands County residents are about 22% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is 2.9 students per teacher. Roughly 70% of students at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 30% of Florida public middle schools.
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 42.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.9%.
Highlands County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $54,897, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,040, AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
The closest school to AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.9 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL at 9th of 9.
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (21.0:1).
The allk12 page for AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Highlands County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,702
Census ACS
Median income
$54,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLANDS
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 980 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 829 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
Other schools in AVON PARK
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 980 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 557 students
- AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 503
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 980
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 557
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 466
- SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 588
- HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.3 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 24% White, 47% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.