Avalon School

Schools in Avalon School district in Saint Paul, Minnesota serve 275 students across three schools — one middle school (grades 6–8) and two high schools (grades 9–12 and 8–12) — with no elementary or alternative schools in the district, which ranks 98 of 458 Minnesota districts at the 79th percentile with 4 stars.

Avalon School is by far the largest, with 182 students, and it is the district's academic standout in reading: 71.4% proficiency in 2025–2026, far above the district's 58.7% and the state's 48.6%, and similarly strong in 2024–2025 at 71.43%. Science also beat state and district benchmarks, though it fell from 51.61% to 35%. Math is the weakness, dropping from 38.24% to 22.9% and landing below both district (31.8%) and state (44.9%). Completion metrics raise concern: a 75.5% graduation rate (below district 76.7% and state 84.9%) and a 10.2% dropout rate, more than double the state's 4.2%. Its rank slipped from the 86th to the 72nd percentile, though it keeps 4 stars.

Avalon Middle School is the most improved school in the district, climbing from the 48th to the 70th percentile and from 2 stars to 4 stars, with gains in all three subjects — math 33.33% to 37.5%, reading 45.07% to 49.3%, and science 18.18% to 27.3%. Its math and reading still trail state or district benchmarks in places. Avalon Online School enrolls just 18 students and has the highest needs indicators — 66.67% FRL and a 26.8 student-teacher ratio — but all of its test scores are suppressed, so its performance cannot be judged. The biggest concerns across the district remain high school math and completion rates, and middle school math and reading relative to higher benchmarks.