About Our School
Patrick Murphy, Superintendent
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
2024-25 School Data
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction School Report Card provides detailed information about each K–12 school, including enrollment, student performance on state assessments and demographic data for students and educators. The data reflects student enrollment as of early October each year.
This total number DOES NOT provide a complete count of students Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) which districts receive funding.
Based on the October 2024 enrollment report, there were 191 students enrolled at Avanti High School.
Families, educators and community members can explore these reports to learn more about individual schools and districtwide information for the Olympia School District.
When students finish their MAP Growth testOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new windowOpening in a new window, they receive a number called an RIT score for each area they are tested in (reading, language usage, math, or science). This score represents a student’s achievement level at any given moment and helps measure their academic growth over time. The RIT scale is a stable scale, like feet and inches, that accurately measures student performance, regardless of age, grades, or grade level. Like marking height on a growth chart, and being able to see how tall your child is at various points in time, you can also see how much they have grown between tests.
The higher the RIT score, the more achievement the student has in the subject. The student's percentile ranking and conditional growth percentile can show how much the student has achieved in comparison with their peers. You can also refer to the Comparative Data to Inform Instructional Decisions to understand how students are performing relative to other students in the same grade level according to our national norms.
The Olympia School District District Operating Budget Financial Report provides an overview of revenues and expenditures for the 2024–25 school year.
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.
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.
If you would like other information about Avanti High SchoolOpening in a new window please call (360) 596-7900.