APOPKA HIGH

As a large four-year high school in APOPKA, Florida, APOPKA HIGH educates 3,446 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by ORANGE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so APOPKA HIGH sits 233% above that benchmark.

APOPKA HIGH is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that teaches 207,778 students overall.

On the student-mix side, APOPKA HIGH lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 25% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting APOPKA HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), APOPKA HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 50.4%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), APOPKA HIGH is one campus in the mix.

APOPKA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around APOPKA HIGH. On composite proficiency, APOPKA HIGH comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. APOPKA HIGH's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 3,350 (now 3,446). The White share of enrollment shrank from 35% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.