Benoist Farms Elementary, 1765 Benoist Farms Road: grades pre-K-5, 401 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and a B in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, the School District of Palm Beach County’s Schools & Principals list, zone maps and feeder reports and start times, Palm Beach County’s address records, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Benoist Farms Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on Benoist Farms Road, outside the city limits, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map; its mailing address still says West Palm Beach. Part of its zone covers homes inside the city’s western edge. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 2002, with the Bulldog as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 1765 Benoist Farms Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Phone 561-383-9700
Grades Pre-K to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
City limits Unincorporated Palm Beach County
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

Principal Ruthann Miller, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 401 students, 37 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 856, so it is at 47% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 472 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F, from the share of possible points it earns on state test results in English, math and science and on learning gains, including the gains of the lowest-scoring quarter of students.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (58% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 C
2022-23 D (informational baseline)

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 52%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 39%
  • Math: 57%
  • Science (fifth grade): 51%
  • Learning gains: 64% in English and 65% in math

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site, an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Benoist Farms zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 5% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 3,100, are zoned for Benoist Farms.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Benoist Farms’ five planning areas split this way:

Middle school High school Planning areas
Jeaga Middle Royal Palm Beach Community High 4
Jeaga Middle Palm Beach Lakes Community High 1

The School Board’s only boundary change for 2026-27, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, redrew elementary zones in Riviera Beach, according to the district’s enrollment and boundaries page. It did not change Benoist Farms’ zone.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 key dates:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students; the second quarter starts Tuesday, Oct. 13
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: fall holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is also a day off for students

The district’s start and end times list Benoist Farms’ day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Benoist Farms serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 1765 Benoist Farms Road, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Benoist Farms’ school grade?

Benoist Farms Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 58% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025 and a C in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Benoist Farms feed into?

It depends on the address. Of Benoist Farms’ 5 planning areas, the district’s 2026-27 feeder report sends them to Jeaga Middle (5) for middle school, then Royal Palm Beach Community High (4) and Palm Beach Lakes Community High (1) for high school.

What time does Benoist Farms start?

The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.