Enrollment
309
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008752
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH
2845 SUMMIT BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406 · (305) 669-2906 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Florida public high schools
- C-Test 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
170 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 93 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 84 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 20% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 21.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH this school | 309 | 55.0% | 41.7% |
| EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 464 | 50.6% | 53.6% |
| PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 229 | 53.7% | 41.0% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 376 | 61.7% | 75.9% |
| CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION A CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATE SC HOMESTEAD | 392 | 46.9% | 82.5% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 234 | 58.5% | 59.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #461 of 555 | #28 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #300 of 549 ▲ 169 | #19 of 32 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #475 of 559 ▼ 48 | #28 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #541 of 830 | #32 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #171 of 575 | #25 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #524 of 594 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #164 of 630 | #13 of 38 |
Ranked against other public high 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
309
+157 (+103%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 38.0:1
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 | 309 | 15.3 | 20.2:1 | 55% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 14.9 | 21.3:1 | 66% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 12.3 | 26.0:1 | 69% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 4 | 38.0:1 | 78% (119) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH.
About SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH
The public high school SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is located in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Enrollment is 309 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 70% lower.
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is one of 233 schools in PALM BEACH, which enrolls 191,505 students in total.
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH enrolls a student body that is 82% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 10% White and 7% Black. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Palm Beach County residents. SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is 15.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.2:1. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The school counts 170 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 55%. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Palm Beach County.
Measured against Florida public high schools, SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH 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 SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH, the prediction is 53.6% and the result is 41.7%.
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is located in Palm Beach County, where median household income is about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, which together enroll about 192,831 students.
The next-closest public school is SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 49.5% on proficiency, and SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is below that at 41.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is run as a public charter school.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 152 students at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH; in 2024-25, 309. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.2:1, from 38.0:1.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
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- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
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- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
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- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES0.0 mi · 400
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (SLAM) MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM0.0 mi · 324
- PALM BEACH COUNTY JAIL0.5 mi · 14
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 813
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT0.8 mi · 985
- BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACHWhat is the total enrollment at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH?
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH serve?
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH.
What is the student diversity at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH?
Student demographics at SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH are roughly 10% White, 82% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH public or private?
SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PALM BEACH.
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