Summary:
Zip code 66609 has one listed high school, Avondale Academy, serving grades 6–12 in Topeka Public Schools, with 23 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is that its latest proficiency results are far below state results: all-grades proficiency is 5% in ELA and math and 0% in science, compared with 46%, 41% and 38% statewide; even in grade 10, Avondale is 10% in ELA and math, versus 41% and 37% statewide.
Avondale Academy is both the top- and bottom-performing school in this list by default, so those labels do not indicate a comparison with local peers. Within its results, ELA and math are its strongest all-grades subjects at 5%, while science is lowest at 0%. The wider outcome measures raise additional concerns: its 2023–24 graduation rate is 16%, compared with 82% in the district and 90% statewide—a gap of 65 and 73 percentage points. Its 2024–25 dropout rate is 9%, versus 4% and 1%, respectively.
ELA and math proficiency improved from 0% to 5% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, and the gaps with the state narrowed by 4 points in ELA and 3 in math, though they remain large. Math is relatively closer to state results than ELA: the all-grades gap is 36 points in math and 41 in ELA. Attendance is a positive exception: chronic absenteeism is 14%, below the district’s 24% and the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger rates Avondale zero stars and ranks it 328th of 340 schools, in the 4th percentile, for 2025–26. The school reports a 2.4 student–teacher ratio and an 87% free/reduced-lunch rate; these are context measures, not explanations for its results.
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