Berkshire Elementary, 1060 S. Kirk Road: grades pre-K-5, 945 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.

Berkshire Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on South Kirk 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. With 945 students on Aug. 24 it is the largest district elementary school on this list. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1960, with the Bulldog as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 1060 S. Kirk Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Phone 561-304-2000
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 Diana Fernandez, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 945 students, 21 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,229, so it is at 77% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 1,031 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 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 (54% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 B
2022-23 C (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: 49%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 48%
  • Math: 57%
  • Science (fifth grade): 47%
  • Learning gains: 59% in English and 61% 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 Berkshire zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, no homes inside West Palm Beach city limits are zoned for Berkshire; its zone covers neighborhoods outside the city.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all four of Berkshire’s planning areas go on to Palm Springs Community Middle and then John I. Leonard High.

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 Berkshire’s 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 Berkshire’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists an International Spanish Academy at Berkshire, an in-house program for students zoned for the school.

The district says elementary choice programs have no entry requirements except the International Spanish Academy and Spanish Dual Language programs, which assess Spanish. Applications go through its school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Berkshire serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 1060 S. Kirk Road, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Berkshire’s school grade?

Berkshire Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 54% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a B in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Berkshire feed into?

All of Berkshire’s planning areas go on to Palm Springs Community Middle and then John I. Leonard High, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does Berkshire start?

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