Apollo Middle

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Antioch, Tennessee

Apollo Middle in Antioch, Tennessee enrolled 549 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 5-9% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 10% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

Enrollment rose 2% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 16%

688 students in 2022-23, 704 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 33.6 to 39.0.

Students enrolled at Apollo Middle by school year2022-23: 688, 2023-24: 70402004006008002022-236882023-24704
Students enrolled at Apollo Middle by school year2022-23: 688, 2023-24: 70402004006008002022-236882023-24704
Students enrolled at Apollo Middle by school year2022-23: 688, 2023-24: 70402004006008002022-236882023-24704
Students enrolled at Apollo Middle by school year2022-23: 688, 2023-24: 70402004006008002022-236882023-24704
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2368833.620.5
2023-2470439.018.0

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 244 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Apollo Middle enrolled 732 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 70 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 244 of the 732 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions70
  • Chronically absent33.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

64.7% of students were Hispanic, 23.3% Black, 7.8% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic64.7%
  2. Black23.3%
  3. White7.8%
  4. Two or more races2.6%
  5. Asian1.6%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Apollo Middle scored proficient or above: 5-9% in reading in 2021-22 and 10% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-225‑9%26%35%
Math, 2022-2310%23% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Antioch

5 public middle schools in Antioch report 2024-25 enrollment; Apollo Middle is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
John F. Kennedy Middle74717.8not reported
Antioch Middle65613.1not reported
Thurgood Marshall Middle60314.3not reported
Apollo Middle54920.5not reported
KIPP Antioch College Prep Middle52619.8not reported

All public schools in Antioch →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Apollo Middle

  1. Antioch MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 0.9 miles away: 656 students, 13.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
  2. Thurgood Marshall MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 3.1 miles away: 603 students, 14.3 per teacher (2024-25).3.1 mi
  3. Compare Apollo Middle with Antioch MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools spends per student$17,808 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,808
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeApollo Middle is the number 147 by size of 332 Tennessee middle schools open in 2024-25.#147 of 332
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Apollo Middle

  1. How many students attend Apollo Middle?
    549 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 688 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Antioch, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Apollo Middle?
    20.5 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Apollo Middle a Title I school?
    Apollo Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Apollo Middle do on state tests?
    The students tested at Apollo Middle scored proficient or above: 5-9% in reading in 2021-22 and 10% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Apollo Middle in?
    Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, NCES district ID 4703180. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470318001258 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22