Avanti High School

Patrick Murphy, Superintendent

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

  

2018-19 School Facts

Based on the October 2018 enrollment report, there were 166 students enrolled at Avanti High School.

Race/Ethnicity			Student Demographics
Hispanic/Latino of any race(s)	9.6%		Male students	36.1%
Black/African American	2.4%		Female students	63.9%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.6%
White	75.9%		Free & Reduced Price Meals	34.3%
Two or More Races	9.6%		Special Education	10.8%

     

Teacher Information

• Number of classroom teachers: 11
• Average years of teacher experience: 15.8
• Teachers with at least a Master's Degree: 10

 

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2018-19 District Operating Budget 

Expenditures	Cost	Percentage
Teaching	$98,493,376	74.08%
Building Administration	$8,283,536	6.23%
Maintenance & Operations	$8,576,098	6.45%
District Support	$5,410,991	4.07%
Transportation	$4,520,169	3.40%
Utilities & Insurance	$4,317,384	3.25%
Food Service	$3,289,648	2.47%
Other	$64,053	0.05%
Total Expenditures	$132,955,254	100.00%

 

Revenue	Amount	Percentage
State	$102,994,406	77.79%
Local	$23,067,573	17.42%
Federal	$5,346,583	4.04%
Other Sources	$985,618	0.74%
Total Revenue	$132,394,180	100%

 

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Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program

Washington students participate in state tests annually in the spring, to assess their progress as well as the progress of our educational system as a whole.

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

2017-18 High School					2018-19 High School
	Our School	Our District	WA State		Our School	Our District	WA State
SBA-ELA*	85.7	87.3	69.5		82.9	73.7	69.7
SBA Math	50.0	61.1	40.6		42.9	64.2	40.2
EOC Biology	41.4**	32.6**	30.3**		44.1**	62.7	34.5

 
    *ELA (English Language Arts) scores include reading and writing.
  **Reflects the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) test, administered for the first time in spring 2018. 
 

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 100 percent commitment to quality and excellence in all things.

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