AVALON SCHOOL
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About AVALON SCHOOL
AVALON SCHOOL, a small high school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, one of the schools within AVALON SCHOOL, enrolls 182 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 51% below typical.
Within AVALON SCHOOL, which oversees 3 schools and 275 students, AVALON SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, AVALON SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at AVALON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AVALON SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 57.1%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) shows that median household earnings sit near $81,568, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which AVALON SCHOOL is one.
Avalon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AVALON SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AVALON SCHOOL at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 23.7%.
The school occupies a high-density site. AVALON SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. AVALON SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 171 (now 182). Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for AVALON SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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