APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL

APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of mid-sized scale in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, run under BROWARD, serveing 1,143 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

BROWARD runs 325 schools in total, collectively educating 243,591 students. APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 55.7%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HOLLYWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 1,255 students in 2018 compared to 1,143 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 15% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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