The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in Math. The lowest is 5% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on State Specialty Schools Ii- Slam Academy of Atlanta
State Specialty Schools II, which operates SLAM Academy of Atlanta, is a small public charter district serving kindergarten through eighth grade students from Atlanta Public Schools and South Fulton County. The school serves a student population of around two hundred students, nearly all of whom are Black. The school's academics are currently operating well below grade-level proficiency across all tested subjects.
In math, results vary sharply by grade. Fourth grade shows more than half of students meeting proficiency, but proficiency drops significantly in fifth grade and remains very low through eighth grade. In English language arts, proficiency is similarly weak across most grades, with fourth grade performing somewhat better but the majority of grades three through eight showing proficiency rates in the range of single digits to low twenties. Science proficiency is very low where tested, in fifth and eighth grades. In social studies, eighth-grade proficiency is minimal.
The overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places SLAM Academy below the midpoint among Fulton County's districts. Trend data covering only the current school year does not show how these results compare to prior years or direction of change.
The school offers standards-driven core instruction using a sports-themed approach, pairing STEM and project-based learning in elementary grades with career-oriented programming in the middle grades. This means families enrolling in kindergarten through second grade can now remain at the same school through eighth grade instead of transferring at elementary's end, a structural change the school recently completed.
Chronic absenteeism is a concern; the school's rate is in the bottom quartile among Fulton County districts, well above the median. Per-pupil spending is in the lower-middle range for the county. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data and special-population counts are not publicly available for the school.
In February 2026, the State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia renewed SLAM Academy's charter for three years, a shorter term than the five-year renewals granted to peer charter schools in the same renewal cycle. The commission credited stable financial and operational performance and improved academic growth, but the shorter renewal term signals authorizer concerns that warrant watching at the next renewal.
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