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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVALON SCHOOL·NCES 270018703140

AVALON SCHOOL

700 GLENDALE ST, SAINT PAUL, MN 55114 · (651) 649-5495 · Ramsey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Minnesota public high schools
  • ATest 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 Minnesota public high schools

Enrollment
182
High
DISTRICT 100 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
46 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 48%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 94022%
Grade 104022%
Grade 115027%
Grade 125229%
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
12870%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
1810%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
148%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
53%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
116%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
63%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
9452%
Female
8848%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
71.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
38.2%
MN avg 45.3%

What 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.

Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 AVALON SCHOOL

AVALON SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
AVALON SCHOOL this school18225.3%57.1%
Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview
SHOREVIEW
18928.6%29.3%
Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka
MINNETONKA
15030.0%35.2%
KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH
KENYON
23027.8%39.7%
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
APPLE VALLEY
33420.4%N/A
LEROY SECONDARY
LEROY
13826.8%23.6%
Matched among Minnesota high 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 AVALON SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Ramsey County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.1%#38 of 397#4 of 34
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
38.2%#151 of 401#7 of 35
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
71.4%#18 of 397#4 of 34
Enrollment
ranked largest first
182#356 of 764#32 of 64
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
25.3%#342 of 444#39 of 45
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 2024-25
Enrollment
182
+9 (+5%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2518217.210.6:125% (46)
2023-2417616.210.9:131% (55)
2022-2317716.310.8:133% (58)
2020-211731511.5:121% (36)
2017-181719.917.3:123% (40)
2015-16139719.9:121% (29)
2010-111741313.4:133% (58)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVALON SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students up 6% (171 to 182); teachers up 74% (9.9 to 17.2).

About AVALON SCHOOL

AVALON SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school. Its address is in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. Total enrollment is 182 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 51% fewer students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).

AVALON SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.

About 70% of the student body at AVALON SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. By comparison, Ramsey County residents are about 59% White. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at AVALON SCHOOL are from different groups.

Its ratio of 10.6:1 is based on 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 16.3:1. In all, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Ramsey County averages 57%, higher than here.

AVALON SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Minnesota public high schools.

AVALON SCHOOL scores 57.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.5%.

Ramsey County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 302 public schools in the county, enrolling about 94,437, AVALON SCHOOL among them.

AVALON SCHOOL's nearest public school is Online High School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of AVALON SCHOOL. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, AVALON SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.

Federal data place AVALON SCHOOL in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%.

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Ramsey County at a glance

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Population
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students

Quick facts

School name
AVALON SCHOOL
District
AVALON SCHOOL
Address
700 GLENDALE ST, SAINT PAUL, MN 55114
Phone
(651) 649-5495
County
Ramsey County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
182
Teachers (FTE)
17
Student–teacher ratio
10.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
46 (25%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
270018703140
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Avalon. AVALON SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About AVALON SCHOOL
How large is AVALON SCHOOL?
AVALON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 182 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does AVALON SCHOOL serve?
AVALON SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at AVALON SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at AVALON SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at AVALON SCHOOL?
At AVALON SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is AVALON SCHOOL public or private?
AVALON SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by AVALON SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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