📍 22500 Hammock St, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, 33428
Slam Boca is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County. The school has 1,010 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mathew Bieule. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. The school offers 5 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Slam Boca enrolls 1,010 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 8.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 592 | 59% |
| White | 298 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 1,010 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 361 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Slam Boca is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 81.
Slam Boca is one of 234 schools in PALM BEACH, based in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The district serves 189,634 students district-wide and employs 11,177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,010 students, Slam Boca is larger than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large