Apopka Middle, Apopka FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Apopka Middle

Apopka Middle sits on North Park Avenue near Apopka's historic downtown core, a few blocks from the older civic center that the community has built around for generations. The school serves grades six through eight as a regular public school within Orange County Public Schools, a county-wide district headquartered in downtown Orlando. Enrollment runs well into the hundreds, which is a typical size for a middle school serving a city of this scale.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black and white students each making up meaningful shares and smaller numbers of Asian, multiracial, and other students. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working-class and lower-middle-income family base that is common to the area around the older downtown corridor. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the picture across subjects and grades is mixed and generally runs below the midpoint statewide. Math results vary by grade, with sixth and eighth graders scoring near or just below half proficient and seventh graders scoring considerably lower. ELA proficiency sits in a similar range across all three grades, hovering in the mid-to-upper forties for sixth and seventh grade and slipping to roughly two in five for eighth grade. The eighth-grade science assessment shows a similar pattern, with fewer than half of students reaching proficiency. When the school's overall proficiency index is placed against the other districts in Orange County, it falls in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. Parents who want to understand what supports the school has in place for students who are not yet proficient would be well served by asking the school directly, as the data here does not describe specific intervention programs.

No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from this information whether results have been moving up, down, or holding steady. A graduation rate is not applicable here, since the school ends at eighth grade.

The housing market around the school reflects Apopka's broader position in the northwest Orange County growth corridor. Home values in the zip code sit above the Florida statewide median, though they have edged down slightly over the past year. Rents are also above the state midpoint. Affordability is a real consideration: the estimated monthly cost of ownership on a typical home, even with a standard down payment, runs to a level that strains incomes at the national median. Renters spend a substantial share of household income on housing. Apopka is publicly reported to be among the faster-growing submarkets in metro Orlando, with the Kelly Park Road corridor drawing national homebuilders and tens of thousands of new residential units in various stages of planning and construction. The city's population growth has been steady, and further growth is projected. That context means school capacity and neighborhood demographics may shift over time as the city's newer northwestern areas continue filling in.

Apopka itself is a geographically large, largely car-dependent suburban city. Daily life centers on parks, natural areas, and neighborhood commercial nodes rather than a walkable street environment, though the city has been publicly reported as working to improve pedestrian connections in and around the historic downtown. Natural assets including Wekiwa Springs State Park, Kelly Park at Rock Springs, and the Lake Apopka trail system are accessible to families. The North Orange Branch of the Orange County Library System serves the area. Employers locally include healthcare, municipal government, and light industry, with many residents commuting into the broader Orlando economy.

Program details for the school were not included in the available data, so specific extracurricular offerings, elective tracks, or enrichment options are gaps a parent should explore with the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 60% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 39% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 63% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 59% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 55% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 53% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 52% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolORANGE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income56%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income47%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income50%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income59%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income25%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income59%11 pp gap