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Enrollment
755
Middle
DISTRICT 836 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180027002092
Avon Intermediate School West
176 S Avon Avenue, Avon, IN 46123 · (317) 544-5900 · Hendricks County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
394 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 4 | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 5 | 393 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 357 | 47% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
55.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Intermediate School West
Avon Intermediate School West's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Intermediate School West this school | 755 | 52.2% | 49.1% |
| Avon Middle School South Avon | 821 | 48.5% | 57.8% |
| Avon Intermediate School East Avon | 837 | 48.3% | 56.0% |
| Blackhawk Middle School Fort Wayne | 814 | 49.3% | 40.9% |
| Avon Middle School North Avon | 929 | 47.6% | 52.6% |
| Plaza Park International Prep Acad Evansville | 610 | 56.1% | 30.3% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Intermediate School West ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #87 of 324 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #45 of 325 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #74 of 325 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #89 of 334 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #171 of 314 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #42 of 315 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #142 of 330 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #76 of 110 | #8 of 8 |
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
755
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 755 | 49.5 | 15.3:1 | 52% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 53.5 | 13.8:1 | 50% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 51.3 | 15.5:1 | 46% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 38% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 35 | 20.4:1 | 31% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 29% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 26% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avon Intermediate School West.
About Avon Intermediate School West
Avon Intermediate School West is a middle school in Avon, Indiana, reachable at (317) 544-5900. Total enrollment is 755 students, and the grades served are 5 through 6. That is 27% above the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Indiana.
Avon Community School Corp is the district for Avon Intermediate School West. It has 12 schools and 10,742 students.
White students make up 45% of enrollment at Avon Intermediate School West, the largest share of any group. Next come 30% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 78% White among all Hendricks County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Avon Intermediate School West are from different groups.
Staffing at Avon Intermediate School West comes to 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hendricks County report 39%.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Avon Intermediate School West outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Avon Intermediate School West's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.1% is 10.5 points above the 38.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Hendricks County, the median household earns about $101,144 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Hendricks County, 47 public schools serve about 33,487 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Avon Intermediate School West from the closest public school, Avon Intermediate School East. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 57.1% on proficiency, and Avon Intermediate School West is below that at 49.1%.
Avon Intermediate School West has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Avon Intermediate School West had 762 students in 2020-21 and 755 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.3:1, from 16.6:1.
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Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avon Community School Corp
- Avon High SchoolHigh · 3,523 students
- Avon Middle School NorthMiddle · 929 students
- Avon Intermediate School EastMiddle · 837 students
- Avon Middle School SouthMiddle · 821 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- River Birch Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
Other schools in Avon
- Avon High SchoolHigh · 3,523 students
- Avon Middle School NorthMiddle · 929 students
- Avon Intermediate School EastMiddle · 837 students
- Avon Middle School SouthMiddle · 821 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- River Birch Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
Nearby schools
- Avon Intermediate School East0.1 mi · 837
- Avon Middle School South0.4 mi · 821
- White Oak Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 210
- Cedar Elementary School0.6 mi · 638
- Maple Elementary School0.7 mi · 784
- Hickory Elementary School0.8 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Avon Intermediate School WestHow many students attend Avon Intermediate School West?
Avon Intermediate School West enrolls approximately 755 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Avon Intermediate School West serve?
Avon Intermediate School West serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Avon Intermediate School West have?
Avon Intermediate School West employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avon Intermediate School West?
At Avon Intermediate School West, the student body is approximately 45% White, 12% Hispanic, 30% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Avon Intermediate School West public or private?
Avon Intermediate School West is a public K-12 school, overseen by Avon Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.