SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM)
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 28 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
About SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM)
Set in KISSIMMEE, Florida, SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) is a rural-scale middle-grades school, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. It teaches 170 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 79% leaner than typical.
Across the 83 schools in OSCEOLA (75,388 students total), SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%; the rest comes out to 12% White, 5% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Osceola County as a whole is about 56% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Osceola County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.1%; actual is 78.2%, +19.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Osceola County put median household earnings sit near $72,637, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students).
The closest other public school is HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.3%.
SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) operates from a residential location. SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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