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Enrollment
858
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001376
APOPKA MIDDLE
425 N PARK AVE, APOPKA, FL 32712 · (407) 884-2208 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
463 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 282 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
APOPKA MIDDLE→APOPKA HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 45.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
Schools most like APOPKA MIDDLE
APOPKA MIDDLE's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| APOPKA MIDDLE this school | 858 | 54.0% | 45.2% |
| PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLE APOPKA | 863 | 57.1% | 46.6% |
| HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,008 | 54.2% | 48.8% |
| JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL OAKLAND PARK | 770 | 52.1% | 44.2% |
| VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,009 | 53.5% | 40.8% |
| CONWAY MIDDLE ORLANDO | 735 | 51.6% | 44.5% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where APOPKA MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #397 of 560 | #27 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #371 of 560 ▲ 4 | #28 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #407 of 560 ▲ 7 | #29 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #251 of 584 | #24 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #412 of 547 | #37 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #181 of 553 | #15 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #248 of 565 | #14 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #123 of 379 | #15 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
-239 (-22%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,752
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 858 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 54% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 913 | 44 | 20.8:1 | 59% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 997 | 52 | 19.2:1 | 56% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 1,097 | 57 | 19.3:1 | 51% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 1,082 | 57 | 19.0:1 | 71% (768) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 59 | 18.6:1 | 70% (770) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 53 | 17.9:1 | 65% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 1,446 | 74 | 19.5:1 | 51% (737) |
| 1990-91 | 1,752 | 92 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for APOPKA MIDDLE.
About APOPKA MIDDLE
This page covers APOPKA MIDDLE, a medium-sized middle-grades school in APOPKA, Florida. It serves 858 students in grades 6 through 8.
ORANGE has 272 schools and 207,778 students, and APOPKA MIDDLE is one of those schools.
At APOPKA MIDDLE, Hispanic students make up 51% of the student body. After that, the student body is 26% Black, 18% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 34% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 41 full-time equivalents, or about 20.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 54%. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
APOPKA MIDDLE is 8.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.2% versus 54.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 286 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 216,813 students in all.
The shortest distance from APOPKA MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, APOPKA MIDDLE ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies APOPKA MIDDLE's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment decrease, from 1,097 in 2020-21 to 858 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.3:1 in 2020-21 to 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
The APOPKA MIDDLE community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 849 students
Nearby schools
- DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 674
- APOPKA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 847
- APOPKA HIGH1.0 mi · 3,446
- SHEELER HIGH CHARTER1.3 mi · 333
- LOVELL ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 655
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About APOPKA MIDDLEHow large is APOPKA MIDDLE?
APOPKA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 858 students in grades 06-08.
Is APOPKA MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
APOPKA MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does APOPKA MIDDLE have?
APOPKA MIDDLE employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at APOPKA MIDDLE?
Student demographics at APOPKA MIDDLE are roughly 18% White, 51% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is APOPKA MIDDLE public or private?
APOPKA MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.