Apollo Elementary School

Apollo Elementary School is one of the heavily attended elementary-level communitys in Bossier City, Louisiana, overseen by Bossier Parish, with 756 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Apollo Elementary School sits 67% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bossier Parish, which oversees 34 schools and 22,233 students, Apollo Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Apollo Elementary School lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bossier Parish runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Apollo Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 37.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bossier Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,617, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bossier Parish's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,233 students), Apollo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Airline High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Apollo Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Apollo Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 726 students in 2018 compared to 756 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.