📍 705 Winthrop St, Avon Park, Highlands County, 33825
Avon Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Avon Park, Highlands County. The school has 523 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carla Ball. It is part of the Highlands school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths.
Avon Elementary School enrolls 523 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 267 | 51% |
| White | 139 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 523 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 376 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Avon Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 55.
Avon Elementary School is one of 24 schools in HIGHLANDS, based in SEBRING, Florida. The district serves 12,040 students district-wide and employs 620 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 523 students, Avon Elementary School is close to the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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