Summary:
Avon’s school list includes one public middle school, Abingdon-Avon Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 204 students. With only one school listed, there is no meaningful comparison among local schools. Chronic absenteeism is 18%, below the district’s 18% and the state’s 24%. The clearest academic strength is ELA: 70% of students were proficient, compared with 56% statewide, while math was closer to the state result at 43% versus 40%.
The sole school is both the area’s highest and lowest by default, so grade-level differences are more useful for families. ELA was above the state in every tested grade, especially grade 6, where proficiency was 79% versus 59%, a 21-point advantage. Math results varied sharply: grades 6 and 7 were 19 and 14 points above state results, while grade 5 was 1 point below and grade 8 was 6 points below. Grade 8 math was the weakest reported result, with 29% proficient versus 35% statewide. Science was mixed: grade 5 was 5 points above state, while grade 8 was 5 points below.
Results improved in the available year-to-year comparisons, most notably in math and grade 8 science. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA rose 7 points and math rose 10; math moved from 6 points below the state to 3 points above. Grade 8 science rose 19 points, though it remained 5 points below state. SchoolDigger placed the school in the 65th percentile in 2025–2026, versus the 63rd percentile the prior year, and gave it 3 stars in each of the three reported years. Other context includes a 14.7 student-teacher ratio and 52% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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