Middle Schools in Ava R-I

The Ava R-I school district in Missouri has one middle school, Ava Middle, which serves grades 5-8. Ava Middle is a relatively strong-performing middle school, ranking in the top half of Missouri middle schools and maintaining a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three years.

Ava Middle excels in certain academic areas, with 8th-grade students performing particularly well in mathematics, exceeding the state average proficiency rate. Additionally, 5th-grade students at the school outperform the state average in English Language Arts. However, the school faces challenges, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.3%, which is an area that requires attention.

While a significant portion of Ava Middle's student population, 62.31%, receives free or reduced-price lunch, indicating economic disadvantage, the school's student-teacher ratio of 15.4 is favorable compared to state and national averages. Overall, Ava Middle appears to be a stable and reliable educational institution, with strengths in specific academic areas and opportunities for improvement in addressing chronic absenteeism and supporting its economically disadvantaged student population.