The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in Science. The lowest is 41% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Slam Academy Tampa Elementary
SLAM Academy Tampa Elementary is a charter elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, located on Gunn Highway in the northwest part of Tampa. It operates under the Hillsborough County school district umbrella but as a charter, it draws families by choice rather than by zone assignment.
The school is small for its grade band. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black and white students making up smaller shares and a handful of students identifying as two or more races. What stands out most sharply is the economic profile: the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the higher-poverty elementary campuses by that measure. Data on English learner enrollment and students with individualized education programs was not available in what was provided.
Florida's FAST assessment results are available for grades three through five and they tell a mixed story. In ELA, fourth grade shows the strongest result across all subjects and grades reported, well above half of students scoring proficient, while third and fifth grade ELA land considerably lower. Math follows a different pattern: proficiency climbs from third to fifth grade, but even the highest math result falls just below half of students. Fifth grade science comes in at roughly the same level as fifth grade math. Across all subjects, the pattern is that a meaningful share of students are not yet reaching proficiency benchmarks, and a parent considering this school would want to ask the school directly about what instructional supports are in place and how students are progressing year to year. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this data to characterize whether performance is improving or holding steady.
No program listings were provided in the data, so specific enrichment offerings, dual-language tracks, arts integration, athletics, or specialty pathways cannot be described here. Families interested in what SLAM Academy's model involves beyond the basic academics should consult the school directly or visit its website, as the SLAM network publicly describes a sports, leadership, arts, and movement focus, but this narrative can only work from what the data supplied.
Because this school serves only elementary grades, graduation rate and high school course access metrics do not apply.
The neighborhood around Gunn Highway sits in the Carrollwood and Town 'N Country corridor, west of central Tampa. The housing market in that zip code shows home values meaningfully above Florida's statewide median and slightly above the national median, though values have dipped modestly year over year. Rents are also above typical national levels, and the rent-to-income ratio in the area places a real cost burden on renters. For the large share of families at SLAM whose children qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the local housing cost context matters: this is not an inexpensive part of Tampa.
At the district level, Hillsborough County voters approved a property tax referendum in late 2024 that takes effect July 2025 and runs four years. The levy raises funds specifically for teacher and staff pay increases, which the district has framed as addressing ongoing staffing shortages. Homeowner families will see the additional charge on their tax bills. Charter schools in Florida receive a share of millage revenue under state law, so SLAM Academy would receive some portion of those funds. Separately, the district carried out a wide-scale rezoning for 2024-25 that changed attendance boundaries for a large number of schools and displaced many students from their previous assignments. As a charter school operating outside the traditional boundary system, SLAM Academy is not directly affected by that rezoning, which is one reason some families may find charter enrollment particularly appealing when district boundaries shift.
The comparison data for placing SLAM Academy against other schools in Hillsborough County was not applicable here, as the county comparison set contained only one district and individual school comparisons were not produced.
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