Enrollment
192
Middle
STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVONDALE MEADOWS MIDDLE SCHOOL·NCES 180018402620
Avondale Meadows Middle School
3980 Meadows Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46205 · (317) 550-3363 · Marion County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
183 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
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 5 | 47 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 26% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
16.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
8.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 8% 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 Avondale Meadows Middle School
Avondale Meadows Middle School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Meadows Middle School this school | 192 | 95.3% | 13.9% |
| KIPP Indy College Prep Middle Indianapolis | 372 | 98.9% | 11.5% |
| Circle City Preparatory Middle School Indianapolis | 97 | 93.8% | 18.4% |
| Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School Gary | 447 | 97.5% | 12.4% |
| James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School Indianapolis | 296 | 73.3% | 13.8% |
| H.W. Longfellow Middle School - an IB World School Indianapolis | 538 | 76.6% | 11.5% |
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 Avondale Meadows Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #300 of 324 | #25 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #301 of 325 | #26 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #303 of 325 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #317 of 334 | #36 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #3 of 330 | #2 of 36 |
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
192
+26 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 95% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 94% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 89% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 10 | 16.6:1 | 78% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 91 | 8 | 11.4:1 | 70% (64) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avondale Meadows Middle School.
About Avondale Meadows Middle School
The public middle-grades school Avondale Meadows Middle School is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. A federal count lists 192 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Indiana) has about 594 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At Avondale Meadows Middle School, Black students make up 83% of the student body. Other students are 9% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 27% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Avondale Meadows Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Dividing enrollment by its 14 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, higher than at this school. Avondale Meadows Middle School reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Marion County average 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Avondale Meadows Middle School is C. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Avondale Meadows Middle School is 5.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
Marion County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,346, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Avondale Meadows Middle School is among the 274 public schools in Marion County.
Nearest public school: Avondale Meadows Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Avondale Meadows Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Avondale Meadows Middle School ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 13.9% versus a 17.0% average.
Federal data place Avondale Meadows Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Avondale Meadows Middle School is one of the charter schools in Indiana.
The student count in 2024-25 was 192, 16% above the 166 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.7 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Avondale Meadows Middle SchoolHow large is Avondale Meadows Middle School?
Avondale Meadows Middle School enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 05-08.
Is Avondale Meadows Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avondale Meadows Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Avondale Meadows Middle School have?
Avondale Meadows Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Avondale Meadows Middle School?
Student demographics at Avondale Meadows Middle School are roughly 8% Hispanic, 83% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Avondale Meadows Middle School?
Avondale Meadows Middle School is overseen by Avondale Meadows Middle School in Marion County.
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