The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Avilla Elementary School
Avilla Elementary School serves students from preschool through fifth grade as part of the East Noble School Corporation, which encompasses several communities in central Noble County. The school is located in the town of Avilla, about a half-hour drive from Fort Wayne, in a corridor that has seen steady residential growth. Avilla is described by local sources as the county’s fastest-growing community, and its housing values now sit slightly above the Indiana statewide benchmark, though still below the national average. The town’s historic downtown, with landmarks like the St. James Restaurant and a branch of the Noble County Public Library, anchors a compact civic core that includes several parks and a community center. For families, the school sits in a small-town setting where streets are laid out on a traditional grid, but daily errands and commuting are car-dependent, with most residents driving alone to work.
Academically, Avilla Elementary shows a pattern that families will want to weigh carefully. On the most recent state assessments, the school posted results that placed it above the midpoint among the three school districts in Noble County. In English language arts, just under half of students scored at the proficient level or above, and the math proficiency rate was slightly lower, near the same threshold. Science, tested in grade four, and social studies, tested in grade five, each saw proficiency rates that were lower than in the core subjects, with social studies trailing the most. The participation rate on the state tests was high, so the results reflect the full tested population. The overall proficiency index, which averages the rates across all tested subjects and grades, falls in the top quartile when set against other Noble County districts, a meaningful point of comparison since the data explicitly places the school within that local set. Still, the share of students reaching proficiency in any subject is below a majority, and a parent may want to ask the school about how it supports students who are not yet meeting that bar, particularly in the grades where science and social studies are assessed.
The school’s enrollment is relatively large for an elementary serving pre-K through fifth grade, and it draws a student body that is overwhelmingly white. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is at a modest level, suggesting that the surrounding community is economically stable but not uniformly affluent. The school does not appear to have a Title I designation in the available data, which is consistent with that economic profile. Information on special education identification and English learner services was missing from the record, so a family with a child who receives those supports should reach out to the school directly to understand how those programs are staffed and delivered.
Avilla Elementary is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and no program offerings were listed in the data. The district itself did not have any recent parent-relevant changes identified through public sources, so the operational environment has been stable in the near term. For a family considering the area, the school offers a pre-K start, a homogeneous peer setting, and a town that is growing modestly, with home values that have risen over the past year. The academic profile shows a school that performs competitively within its county but where a substantial number of students are not yet reaching proficiency, especially in the tested subjects beyond math and reading. That gap is the main question a parent will want to explore with the principal or in a school visit.
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