Summary:
Avon, Connecticut is served by two middle schools in the Avon School District — Thompson Brook School, serving grades 5–6 with 497 students, and Avon Middle School, serving grades 7–8 with 461 students — together enrolling 958 students in a district ranked 19th out of 153 districts in Connecticut.
Both schools are high performers, but each has distinct strengths. Thompson Brook posts a slightly higher overall proficiency average of 76.5% across ELA, math, and science, compared to Avon Middle's 74.4%, and it also leads in attendance with a 6.4% chronic absenteeism rate versus Avon Middle's 11.0%. Thompson Brook's 6th grade ELA score of 83% is the highest single subject score in the district. Avon Middle, however, holds the stronger state ranking, placing 18th out of 258 Connecticut schools with a 5-star rating for two straight years. It also enjoys a lower student-teacher ratio (10.7 vs. 14.4) and higher per-student spending ($17,493 vs. $16,942), making the slight proficiency gap between the two schools an interesting contrast.
Both schools dramatically outperform the state average of 48.8% proficiency, sitting at roughly 75% combined. Math is the relative weak spot at both schools — 73.1% at Thompson Brook and 72.0% at Avon Middle — though those numbers are still far above the state math average in the low 40s. Chronic absenteeism nearly doubles from the younger to the older school, and year-over-year swings of more than 8 points in several grade-level subjects suggest cohorts vary considerably. Overall, families in Avon can expect a very strong middle-level program from both schools, with Thompson Brook excelling in the early middle grades and attendance, while Avon Middle offers a consistently elite, resource-rich environment for grades 7–8.
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