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Avon Middle School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Avon Middle School
Avon Middle School is a substantial middle school in Avon, Ohio, one of the schools within Avon Local. The school enrolls 976 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 102% above the state mean of about 482.
Within Avon Local, which oversees 5 schools and 4,303 students, Avon Middle School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Avon Middle School shows that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Lorain County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, Avon Middle School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lorain County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Avon Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.3%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Lorain County put median household earnings sit near $73,347, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Avon Middle School is one of 92 public schools in Lorain County (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students).
The closest other public school is Avon High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avon Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Avon Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 73.5%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 1,127 students in 2018 compared to 976 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.
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