SLAM BOCA

SLAM BOCA is a four-year high school of mid-tier scale in MIAMI, Florida, run under PALM BEACH, enrolling 979 students in grades 6 through 12.

SLAM BOCA is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that enrolls 191,505 students overall.

On demographics, SLAM BOCA logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 26% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SLAM BOCA sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 66.7%; actual is 51.6%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), SLAM BOCA is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SLAM BOCA. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SLAM BOCA ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. SLAM BOCA is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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