Other / mixed grade configuration · Lima, OH

Apollo Career Center

Federal NCES profile for Apollo Career Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 33/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 390507704051
0/100100/10033/100
👥 S:T ratio
53
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
50
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Apollo Career Center earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Ohio schools.

#6 of 8
schools in Lima · Resource Index
33
Resource Index · Typical
11.8:1
small classes for Ohio
745
students enrolled

Apollo Career Center has class sizes smaller than 91% of Ohio schools. Computed live against every Ohio school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Apollo Career Center ranks #6 of 8 schools in Lima, OH.

School address

District: Apollo · Ohio

NCES ID 390507704051 Verify on NCES CCD record →

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-61 students YoY

Apollo Career Center shrank from 824 students in 2022-23 to 763 in 2023-24 (-7.4%).

Teacher FTE added 63.1 → 64.1 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Shrinking CCD campus

-61 students YoY 390507704051 · Lima, OH Other · MID · TRAD

745 enr · 11.8:1 · RII 33

Nearest enrollment peer: Luverne High School (745 students)

Apollo Career Center shrank from 824 students in 2022-23 to 763 in 2023-24 (-7.4%). Teacher FTE added 63.1 → 64.1 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Ohio schools → · Find another →

How Apollo Career Center compares

Apollo Career Center is a shrinking campus on CCD: ratios and free-lunch share vs Ohio and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Ohio Ohio avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.8:1 ▼ 35% 18.2:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 745 top 13% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.8:1
Leaner classes than 77% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
745
Bigger than 83% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
11.8:1
students per teacher - 35% below state mean
Top 9% in Ohio - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
75.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,302
per pupil, district-wide - above Ohio avg of $15,819
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors3.0 FTE
Per 248 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
169
in-school suspensions + 57 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 22.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 30.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 5 expulsions.

Student demographics

White 80.7%
African American 7.5%
Two or More 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino 5.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.4%
Asian 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.1%

Largest group: White at 80.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 33.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 33.7, Apollo Career Center is about as mixed as the Ohio school average of 35.3.

Programs

District finance for Apollo reports $17,302 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Similar other schools in Lima

6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Apollo Career Center

How many students attend Apollo Career Center?

Apollo Career Center has 745 students enrolled. It is a career and technical school in Lima, OH. CCD year-over-year: 824 (2022-23) → 763 (2023-24), down 61.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Apollo Career Center?

The student-teacher ratio at Apollo Career Center is 11.8:1, which is 35% lower than the Ohio average of 18.2:1 and 25% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Apollo Career Center?

The largest demographic group at Apollo Career Center is White at 80.7% of enrollment, in Lima, OH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Apollo Career Center?

Apollo Career Center has a Resource Investment Index of 33/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Apollo Career Center rank among schools in Lima?

By Resource Investment Index, Apollo Career Center ranks #6 of 8 schools in Lima, OH. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Lima on the city page.

What other schools are in Apollo?

None reported; Apollo operates only Apollo Career Center as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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