NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Apollo Beach, FL

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5 public K-12 schools in Apollo Beach from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
5,259
Students
35.8/100
Avg Resource Index
19.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Apollo Beach has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Apollo Beach's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Apollo Beach's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

2 of 5 listed Apollo Beach campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 17-point gap between Slam Academy at Apollo Beach and Doby Elementary School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 43%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
17th percentile

Dorothy C York Pk-8 Magnet School accounts for 26.3% of all Apollo Beach public-school enrollment

That concentration means Apollo Beach-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Apollo Beach school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities

Apollo Beach school enrollment ranges from 680 students (lowest) to 1,381 students (highest), a spread of 701 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Apollo Beach operates one school district — a single-district system

Apollo Beach's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Apollo Beach student-teacher ratio is 19.7:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Apollo Beach's 5 listed schools are charters

40% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Slam Academy at Apollo Beach 43
2. Waterset Charter School 43
3. Apollo Beach Elementary School 34
4. Dorothy C York Pk-8 Magnet School 33
5. Doby Elementary School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Apollo Beach

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Doby Elementary School 70.7/100
  2. 2 Dorothy C York Pk-8 Magnet School 70.4/100
  3. 3 Slam Academy at Apollo Beach 68.6/100
  4. 4 Apollo Beach Elementary School 60.4/100

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Which Apollo Beach school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Slam Academy at Apollo Beach has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Apollo Beach schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Apollo Beach, FL? ▼

Apollo Beach has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,259 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.