Enrollment
63
Middle
DISTRICT 57 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVON SCHOOL DISTRICT 04-1·NCES 460427000829
Avon Middle School - 05
210 Pine St, Avon, SD 57315 · (605) 286-3291 · Bon Homme County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL63 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of South Dakota public middle schools
- BTest 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 South Dakota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
16 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 11 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 33% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 53% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Avon Middle School - 05→Avon High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Avon School District 04-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
SD avg 50.3% . -15.6pp since 2022
Math
48.4%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 46.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 45.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for South Dakota 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 South Dakota'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 Avon Middle School - 05
Avon Middle School - 05's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Middle School - 05 this school | 63 | 25.4% | 48.0% |
| Gettysburg Middle School - 03 Gettysburg | 54 | 24.1% | 63.7% |
| Montrose Middle School - 03 Montrose | 53 | 22.6% | 68.7% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 Emery | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
| Kimball Middle School - 04 Kimball | 92 | 28.3% | 49.4% |
Matched among South Dakota middle 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 Avon Middle School - 05 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 63 | #98 of 165 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
63
+18 (+40%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 43
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 63 | 6.4 | 9.8:1 | 25% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 5.4 | 13.4:1 | 36% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 64 | 5.8 | 11.1:1 | 25% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 2 | 22.5:1 | 29% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 44 | 2.5 | 17.9:1 | 41% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 32 | 3 | 10.7:1 | 28% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 39 | 2 | 19.5:1 | 38% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 40 | 2 | 20.0:1 | 33% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 43 | 1 | 43.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avon Middle School - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (44 to 63); teachers up 160% (2.5 to 6.4).
About Avon Middle School - 05
Avon Middle School - 05 is a very small middle school with its address in Avon, South Dakota. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 63 students. The school is 66% below the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Avon Middle School - 05 is one school in a 4-school district, Avon School District 04-1, which enrolls 227 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Avon Middle School - 05 is White, at 89%. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Among Bon Homme County residents, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Avon Middle School - 05 scores 21%.
Avon Middle School - 05 has 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1. At Avon Middle School - 05, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 33% average for public schools in Bon Homme County.
Avon Middle School - 05 earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Avon Middle School - 05's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.0%) and its predicted rate (52.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Bon Homme County show that the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bon Homme County has 15 public schools with about 1,071 students, including Avon Middle School - 05.
The closest school to Avon Middle School - 05 is Avon Elementary - 02, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Avon Middle School - 05. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Avon Middle School - 05 ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Avon Middle School - 05 as Rural: Remote.
The school's student count rose 40% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.8:1, from 22.5:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bon Homme County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,044
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avon School District 04-1
- Avon High School - 01High · 77 students
- Avon Elementary - 02Elementary · 74 students
- Avon Preschool - 06Elementary · 13 students
Other schools in Avon
- Avon High School - 01High · 77 students
- Avon Elementary - 02Elementary · 74 students
- Avon Preschool - 06Elementary · 13 students
Other Avon Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Avon Middle. Avon Middle School - 05 is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Avon Middle SchoolAvon, OH · 976 students
- Avon Middle SchoolAvon, CT · 461 students
- AVON MIDDLE SCHOOLAVON, NY · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Avon Elementary - 020.0 mi · 74
- Avon High School - 010.0 mi · 77
- Avon Preschool - 060.0 mi · 13
- Bon Homme Middle School - 029.5 mi · 108
- Bon Homme PK - 089.5 mi · 29
- Tyndall Elementary - 049.5 mi · 188
Frequently asked questions
About Avon Middle School - 05How many students attend Avon Middle School - 05?
Avon Middle School - 05 enrolls approximately 63 students in grades 05-08.
Is Avon Middle School - 05 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avon Middle School - 05 is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Avon Middle School - 05 have?
Avon Middle School - 05 employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Avon Middle School - 05?
Student demographics at Avon Middle School - 05 are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Avon Middle School - 05?
Avon Middle School - 05 is overseen by Avon School District 04-1 in Bon Homme County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.