1
If you could change one rule at SLAM BOCA, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
979
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008650
SLAM BOCA
6341 SUNSET DR, MIAMI, FL 33143 · (561) 299-6969 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
283 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 6 | 98 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 130 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 131 | 13% |
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 50.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 BOCA
SLAM BOCA's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLAM BOCA this school | 979 | 28.9% | 51.6% |
| BONITA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 1,490 | 29.6% | 46.6% |
| ALONZO & TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,633 | 32.5% | 44.0% |
| FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOL DAVENPORT | 1,401 | 35.1% | 47.8% |
| DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 486 | 26.1% | 82.6% |
| MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI BEACH | 2,134 | 31.9% | 45.7% |
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 BOCA ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #298 of 555 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #125 of 549 ▲ 18 | #8 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #280 of 559 ▲ 123 | #18 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #407 of 830 | #26 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #159 of 575 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #381 of 594 | #25 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #491 of 630 | #27 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
979
+334 (+52%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 979 | 49 | 20.0:1 | 29% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 1,037 | 52.3 | 19.9:1 | 36% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 1,010 | 44 | 22.9:1 | 38% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 48% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLAM BOCA.
About SLAM BOCA
SLAM BOCA is a mid-sized high school in MIAMI, Florida, that operates as a charter school. It had 979 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 12.
PALM BEACH runs SLAM BOCA along with 232 other schools, enrolling 191,505 students in total.
More than half of the students at SLAM BOCA are Hispanic (64%). The rest of enrollment is 26% White and 7% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Palm Beach County's population at about 24%. The diversity index for SLAM BOCA is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 49 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.0:1. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. Among public schools in Palm Beach County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SLAM BOCA would score about 66.7%. It scores 51.6%, a bottom-10% result among Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Palm Beach County show that the median household earns about $83,581 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Palm Beach County, 245 public schools serve about 192,831 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to SLAM BOCA. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SLAM BOCA. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SLAM BOCA is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place SLAM BOCA in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: SLAM BOCA is a public charter school.
The school's enrollment figures are 645 for 2020-21 and 979 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. By 2024-25, the school had 20.0 students per teacher, compared with 25.8 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 744
- LOGGERS' RUN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,114
- RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 993
- HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 924
- SANDPIPER SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 891
- OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY2.1 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About SLAM BOCAHow many students attend SLAM BOCA?
SLAM BOCA enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 06-12.
Is SLAM BOCA an elementary, middle, or high school?
SLAM BOCA is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does SLAM BOCA have?
SLAM BOCA employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
How diverse is SLAM BOCA?
SLAM BOCA reports a student body of 26% White, 64% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SLAM BOCA in?
SLAM BOCA is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.