Golden Grove Elementary, 5959 140th Ave. North: grades K-5, 894 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and an A 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.

Golden Grove Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on 140th Avenue North, beside Western Pines Middle and inside the city of Westlake, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map, about 13 miles west of downtown West Palm Beach. The district lists a West Palm Beach mailing address. No homes inside West Palm Beach city limits are zoned for it. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1997, with the Gator as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 5959 140th Ave. North, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Phone 561-904-9700
Grades K to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
City limits Inside Westlake
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 894 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 965, so it is at 93% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 822 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 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 A (69% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 A
2022-23 A (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: 74%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 71%
  • Math: 74%
  • Science (fifth grade): 75%
  • Learning gains: 70% in English and 73% 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 Golden Grove 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 Golden Grove; its zone covers neighborhoods outside the city.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Golden Grove’s nine planning areas split this way:

Middle school High school Planning areas
Western Pines Middle Royal Palm Beach Community High 4
Western Pines Middle Seminole Ridge Community High 4
Osceola Creek Middle Seminole Ridge 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 Golden Grove’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 Golden Grove’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 a Technology program at Golden Grove, 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 Golden Grove serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 5959 140th Ave. North, inside the city of Westlake.

What is Golden Grove’s school grade?

Golden Grove Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 69% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025 and an A in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Golden Grove feed into?

It depends on the address. Of Golden Grove’s 9 planning areas, the district’s 2026-27 feeder report sends them to Western Pines Middle (8) and Osceola Creek Middle (1) for middle school, then Seminole Ridge Community High (5) and Royal Palm Beach Community High (4) for high school.

What time does Golden Grove start?

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