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If you could change one rule at APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
794
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002184
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL
501 APOLLO BEACH BLVD, APOLLO BEACH, FL 33572 · (813) 671-5172 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
253 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL→EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
74.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
794
+171 (+27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.8:1
% White
56%
was 65%
% Hispanic
26%
was 23%
% Black
9%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL
Set in APOLLO BEACH, Florida, APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. It teaches 794 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 604.
HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +2.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).
The closest other public school is DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 27% since 2018, when it stood at 623 (now 794). Over the same period, the White share declined from 65% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in APOLLO BEACH
- DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 1,381 students
- SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACHCombined · 1,235 students
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- WATERSET CHARTER SCHOOLElementary
Nearby schools
- DOBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 680
- DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,381
- CORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 696
- EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,174
- EISENHOWER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER2.6 mi · 59
- SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACH2.7 mi · 1,235
Frequently asked questions
About APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOLHow large is APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL?
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 794 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL serve?
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL.
How diverse is APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL?
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL reports a student body of 56% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL in?
APOLLO BEACH K-8 SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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