Enrollment
23
High
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201226001440
Avondale Academy
200 SE 40th St, Topeka, KS 66609 · (785) 730-8250 · Shawnee County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL23 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Kansas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
2.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
20 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 1 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 2 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 5 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 6 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 3 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 5 | 22% |
Student demographics
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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
0.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
0.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 0 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 0.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
2.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 21% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Avondale Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 23 | #326 of 332 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
23
-172 (-88%) vs 2020
-91% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
2.4:1
was 32.5:1
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 | 23 | 9.5 | 2.4:1 | 87% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 18 | N/A | N/A | 67% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 8 | 47.4:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 6 | 32.5:1 | 24% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 28 | 5 | 5.6:1 | 21% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 81% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 64% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 157 | 14 | 11.2:1 | 64% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 15 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avondale Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (28 to 23); teachers up 90% (5 to 9.5).
About Avondale Academy
Avondale Academy operates as a small high school in Topeka, Kansas. The school counts 23 students across grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students.
A total of 25 schools make up Topeka Public Schools, with 11,695 students enrolled.
Avondale Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 35%. The remaining students are 26% White, 22% Black, and 17% multiracial. Among people living in Shawnee County, the Hispanic share is about 14%.
The school employs the equivalent of 9.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 2.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Avondale Academy is 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Shawnee County is 54%.
Avondale Academy is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Avondale Academy would score about 20.6%. It scores 2.5%, a bottom-10% result among Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Shawnee County, median household income is about $67,104, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Avondale Academy is among the 54 public schools in Shawnee County.
The shortest distance from Avondale Academy to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Topeka Virtual School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Avondale Academy is 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school counted 195 students in 2020-21 and 23 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 32.5:1 to 2.4:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Topeka Public Schools
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Ross ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Jardine Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
Nearby schools
- Topeka Virtual School0.0 mi · 384
- Ross Elementary1.2 mi · 563
- Eisenhower Middle School1.3 mi · 440
- Highland Park Central1.8 mi · 318
- Jardine Middle School2.1 mi · 508
- Jardine Elementary2.1 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About Avondale AcademyHow large is Avondale Academy?
Avondale Academy enrolls approximately 23 students in grades 06-12.
Is Avondale Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avondale Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Avondale Academy have?
Avondale Academy employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 2.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avondale Academy?
At Avondale Academy, the student body is approximately 26% White, 35% Hispanic, 22% Black, 17% Two or more.
Is Avondale Academy public or private?
Avondale Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Topeka Public Schools.
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