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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000113
Apollo Elementary School
2400 Viking Drive, Bossier City, LA 71111 · (318) 549-6010 · Bossier Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
462 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
33.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Apollo Elementary School
Apollo Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Elementary School this school | 756 | 61.1% | 36.3% |
| Great Hearts Harveston Baton Rouge | 579 | 62.0% | 34.8% |
| Ridge Elementary School Duson | 592 | 59.3% | 44.2% |
| St. John Elementary School Lake Charles | 670 | 65.7% | 43.2% |
| Sallie Humble Elementary School Monroe | 579 | 56.6% | 46.3% |
| Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School Lafayette | 484 | 63.2% | 40.2% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 Apollo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #258 of 583 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #303 of 582 ▼ 19 | #11 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #220 of 587 ▲ 42 | #10 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #278 of 540 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #58 of 714 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #417 of 655 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #33 of 655 | #1 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #530 of 705 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #156 of 197 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
756
+41 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 756 | 53.4 | 14.2:1 | 61% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 770 | 56.3 | 13.7:1 | 64% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 43.4 | 18.3:1 | 69% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 35 | 20.4:1 | 29% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 41% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 38% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 48 | 16.2:1 | 28% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 42 | 18.9:1 | 7% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 41 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apollo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (726 to 756); teachers up 41% (38 to 53.4).
About Apollo Elementary School
Families in Bossier City, Louisiana, are served by Apollo Elementary School, a large elementary school. Enrollment is 756 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 67% higher.
Apollo Elementary School is one school in Bossier Parish, a system of 34 schools with 22,233 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Apollo Elementary School, at 40%. The rest of enrollment is 36% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Bossier Parish, the White share is about 63%. Apollo Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 53.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.2:1. That matches the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana fairly closely. Around 61% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Bossier Parish is 8 points.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Apollo Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Apollo Elementary School, the prediction is 40.3% and the result is 36.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bossier Parish show that the median household income is $69,617, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Apollo Elementary School, Bossier Parish has 33 other public schools.
The school nearest to Apollo Elementary School is Airline High School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Apollo Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has grown by 41 students since 2020-21, to 756. Students per teacher fell from 20.4 in 2020-21 to 14.2 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Apollo Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
- Rusheon Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
Other Apollo Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Apollo Elementary. Apollo Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- APOLLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 596 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolGoddard, KS · 544 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolDes Plaines, IL · 536 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolBethany, OK · 509 students
- Apollo ElementaryRENTON, WA · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Airline High School0.6 mi · 1,855
- Plantation Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 518
- Greenacres Middle School1.2 mi · 543
- Cherokee Park Elementary School2.3 mi · 282
- Bossier Elementary School2.4 mi · 239
- Meadowview Elementary School2.4 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Apollo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Apollo Elementary School?
Apollo Elementary School enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Apollo Elementary School serve?
Apollo Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apollo Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apollo Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Apollo Elementary School?
Student demographics at Apollo Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 12% Hispanic, 36% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Apollo Elementary School in?
Apollo Elementary School is part of Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.