School Performance Report

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About Our School

Patrick Murphy, SuperintendentAvanti HS

Michael Velasquez, Principal 

 

Our Vision:

Our philosophy provides for a creative, authentic, mastery based educational system that equips all students with intellectual skills and promotes emotional intelligence. Students are empowered, informed citizens who contribute actively toward a democratic and equitable society. Avanti honors diversity and builds on the strength of its community, deliberately and explicitly, challenging all forms of inequity.

Our Mission:

Avanti is a small innovative public high school that provides a personalized learning environment. We build lifelong connections to learning, creativity, resourcefulness, and social justice. Avanti’s mission is to promote compassion, critical thinking, and creative self-expression, while emphasizing high standards for all students within an interdisciplinary structure.

Our Core Themes:

 

  • Creativity and innovation
  • Arts integration
  • Performance-based learning
  • Collaboration over competition
  • Depth in curriculum over coverage
  • Relationship-based environment, importance placed on community
  • Learning to use one’s mind well
  • Personalization
  • Student as worker; teacher as coach
  • Demonstrations of mastery
  • A tone of decency and trust
  • Developing the habits of mind and heart

 


 

2021-22 School Facts

Based on the October 2021 enrollment report, there were 181 students enrolled at Avanti High School.

 

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino of any race(s)   
13.3%
Asian
0.6%
White
77.9%
Black/African American 2.2%
Two or More Races
6.1%

 

Student Demographics

Male students 45.9%
Female students 53.0%
Gender X 1.1%
Special Education 10.5%

 

Teacher Information ( *** awaiting updated info. from OSPI)

  • Number of classroom teachers: ***
  • Average years of teacher experience: ***
  • Teachers with at least a Master's Degree: ***

 


 

2021-22 District Operating Budget

 

Expenditures

Cost

Percentage 

Teaching  
$116,859,051
74.57% 
Building Administration
$9,729,991 6.21%
Maintenance & Operations   $10,433,756 6.66%
District Support
$4,961,628 3.17%
Transportation
$4,693,322 2.99%
Technology $1,445,474 0.92%
Utilities & Insurance $4,671,394 2.98%
Food Service
$3,661,102 2.34%
Other $253,503 0.16%
Total Expenditures $156,709,220 100.00%
 

Revenue

Amount

Percentage 

State
$107,173,825
69.43%
Local
$27,886,583 18.07%
Federal   $18,097,725 11.72%
Other Sources                          
$1,196,587 0.78%
Total Revenue $154,354,720 100.00%
 



Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program

Washington students participate in state tests annually to assess their progress as well as the progress of our educational system as a whole. Learn more on the State Testing FAQ page.

 

Our state uses the Smarter Balanced assessment system, aligned to Washington’s K-12 Learning Standards. The scores below represent the percent of students who tested and met standard in three core subjects, ELA, Math, and for grades 5, 8, and 11, Science (Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science or WCAS).

2020-21 9th Grade SBA 

 

2021-22 9th Grade SBA


Our School  
Our District 
WA State 
  Our School 
Our District 
WA State 
ELA 10.3% 57.4% 47.9%
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Math     
8.0% 39.0% 25.9%
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Science 8.0% 57.7% 46.0%   --- --- ---

2020-21 11th Grade SBA

 

2021-22 10th Grade SBA


Our School  
Our District 
WA State 
  Our School 
Our District 
WA State 
ELA 80.0% 61.4% 50.8%
84.8% 74.7% 62.2%
Math     
28.0% 34.7% 24.2%
21.2% 46.9% 30.8%

 

2020-21 12th Grade WCAS

 

2021-22 11th Grade WCAS


Our School  
Our District 
WA State 
  Our School 
Our District 
WA State 
Science 6.0% 31.5% 36.0%   7.1% 42.9% 38.5%
 

 

Avanti High School Mission Statement

Our mission at Avanti High School is to provide an academically challenging, motivating and caring environment where students pursue the knowledge and skills that lead to their success. Through a variety of personalized learning activities, students become individualistic thinkers. Our students follow diverse paths to graduation, armed with a plan for life after high school. Avanti students strive for quality as they become responsible citizens in the world community.

 

Olympia School District Vision

We envision a supportive environment that promotes trust, growth, and achievement of the highest standards. We build our capacity for success through leading-edge programs and operations based on continuous improvement. We have a 100 percent commitment to quality and excellence in all things.


 

National Assessment of Educational Progress

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a survey of grade student achievement in core subject areas. NAEP measures what students across the country know and can do in 10 subject areas, including mathematics, reading, writing, and science. Current state-level results may be viewed here.

To learn more about NAEP, visit this page.

 


 

For More Information

If you would like more details about student achievement and demographics, visit the OSPI website and select reports by district or school.

 

If you would like other information about Avanti High SchoolOpening in a new window please call (360) 596-7900.