Grove Park Elementary, 8330 N. Military Trail: grades pre-K-5, 693 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and a C 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.
Grove Park Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on North Military Trail north of West Palm Beach, 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. The federal directory gives it a West Palm Beach mailing address; the district lists it in Palm Beach Gardens. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1966, with the Eagle as its mascot.
Who to call
- Front office: 561-904-7700, 8330 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
- School website: gpes.palmbeachschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s student registration page; district main line 561-434-8000
- Buses: the district’s Transportation Call Center, 561-357-1110
| Address | 8330 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 |
| Phone | 561-904-7700 |
| 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 Marzella Mitchell, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 693 students, 34 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 818, so it is at 85% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
- Federal count: 535 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 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 | C (51% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | C |
| 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: 43%
- Third-grade English language arts: 36%
- Math: 50%
- Science (fifth grade): 39%
- Learning gains: 62% 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 Grove Park zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 1% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 700, are zoned for Grove Park.
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Grove Park’s 11 planning areas split this way:
| Middle school | High school | Planning areas |
|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Middle | Palm Beach Gardens Community High | 3 |
| John F. Kennedy Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 3 |
| Bear Lakes Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 2 |
| Watson B. Duncan Middle | Palm Beach Gardens Community High | 2 |
| 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 Grove Park’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 Grove Park’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 Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme at Grove Park.
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.
More on West Palm Beach schools
- The school’s website
- The district’s Schools & Principals list, with the school’s district listing
- Every public school in West Palm Beach
- Our West Palm Beach schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Grove Park serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 8330 N. Military Trail, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside West Palm Beach city limits.
What is Grove Park’s school grade?
Grove Park Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 51% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a C in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Grove Park feed into?
It depends on the address. Of Grove Park’s 11 planning areas, the district’s 2026-27 feeder report sends them to John F. Kennedy Middle (6) and Bear Lakes Middle (2) and Watson B. Duncan Middle (2) and Jeaga Middle (1) for middle school, then Palm Beach Lakes Community High (6) and Palm Beach Gardens Community High (5) for high school.
What time does Grove Park start?
The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
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