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What's the biggest difference between APOPKA MIDDLE and what you expected?
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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
-224 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 19.0:1
% White
18%
was 26%
% Hispanic
51%
was 42%
% Black
26%
was 27%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About APOPKA MIDDLE
APOPKA MIDDLE is one of the average-sized intermediate schools in APOPKA, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, with 858 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
APOPKA MIDDLE is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that caters to 207,778 students overall.
Demographically, APOPKA MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 18% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at APOPKA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, APOPKA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.1%, the actual is 45.2%, a residual of -8.9 points.
Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. APOPKA MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
Nearest neighbor: DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around APOPKA MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts APOPKA MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Five-year trend. APOPKA MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,082 (now 858). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 42% to 51%. Class-load math has grew: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the APOPKA MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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.