Conniston Community Middle, 3630 Parker Ave.: grades 6-8, 1,011 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.

Conniston Community Middle is the School District of Palm Beach County’s middle school for downtown and the south end of West Palm Beach, on Parker Avenue and inside West Palm Beach city limits, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. More of the city’s homes are zoned for Conniston than for any other middle school. The district’s school information lists the Blue Marlins as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 3630 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Phone 561-802-5400
Grades 6 to 8
School day 8 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
City limits Inside West Palm Beach
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 1,011 students, 8 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,181, so it is at 6% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 1,105 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 73 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, learning gains and middle school acceleration, the share of students passing high school level courses and industry certifications.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (58% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 C
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: 53%
  • Math: 55%
  • Science: 43%
  • Social studies: 64%
  • Middle school acceleration: 82%

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 Conniston zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 34% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 21,100, are zoned for Conniston. Our guides to downtown, Dreher Park, El Cid, Flamingo Park, Grandview Heights, Northwest and the South End list the zoned schools street by street.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Conniston draws from 53 planning areas zoned for these elementary schools (number of areas in parentheses):

For high school, 47 go on to Forest Hill Community High and six go on to Palm Beach Lakes Community 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 Conniston’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 Conniston’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists two choice programs at Conniston:

  • International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. The guide names it the official pathway into Forest Hill Community High’s IB program, with priority for students on track to finish seventh and eighth grade in the program.
  • Spanish Dual Language, which requires an eligible score on a Spanish assessment.

Applications go through the district’s school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Conniston Community Middle serve?

Grades 6 through 8. It is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school at 3630 Parker Ave., inside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Conniston Middle’s school grade?

Conniston Community Middle earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 58% of possible points, up from a C in 2025 and 2024.

Which high school does Conniston Middle feed into?

Mostly Forest Hill Community High: 47 of Conniston’s 53 planning areas go there under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report. The other six go to Palm Beach Lakes Community High.

What time does Conniston Middle start?

The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.