Avondale Gifted and Talented Education

Avondale Gifted and Talented Education, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in ROCHESTER HLS, Michigan, operated by Avondale School District, caters to 381 students, covering grades 2 through 8. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Avondale School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,798 students. Avondale Gifted and Talented Education is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Avondale Gifted and Talented Education shows that 54% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% White, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Avondale Gifted and Talented Education ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.9%; Avondale Gifted and Talented Education posts 91.1%, +26.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Oakland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Avondale Gifted and Talented Education is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Diploma and Careers Institute, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Avondale Gifted and Talented Education comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

Avondale Gifted and Talented Education operates from a bedroom-community location.

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