Northmore Elementary, 4111 N. Terrace Drive: grades pre-K-5, 683 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.
Northmore Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on North Terrace Drive in the north end of the city, inside West Palm Beach city limits, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. The district’s school information says it opened in 1954 and was replaced in 2000; the mascot is the Panther.
Who to call
- Front office: 561-494-1700, 4111 N. Terrace Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
- School website: nmes.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 | 4111 N. Terrace Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407 |
| Phone | 561-494-1700 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 8:10 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. |
| City limits | Inside West Palm Beach |
| District | School District of Palm Beach County |
Principal
Principal Cory A. Heath-Friess, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 683 students, 40 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 763, so it is at 90% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
- Federal count: 631 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 37 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 | C (49% 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: 38%
- Third-grade English language arts: 31%
- Math: 55%
- Science (fifth grade): 39%
- Learning gains: 54% in English and 66% 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 Northmore zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 8% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 4,700, are zoned for Northmore. Our guides to Northwood Hills and Old Northwood list the zoned schools street by street.
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Northmore’s 10 planning areas split this way:
| Middle school | High school | Planning areas |
|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 5 |
| Roosevelt Community Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 5 |
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 Northmore’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 Northmore’s day as 8:10 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.
Programs
The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists an Arts (Visual, Performing, and Communications) choice program at Northmore.
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 Northmore serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 4111 N. Terrace Drive, inside West Palm Beach city limits.
What is Northmore’s school grade?
Northmore Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 49% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a B in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Northmore feed into?
It depends on the address. Of Northmore’s 10 planning areas, the district’s 2026-27 feeder report sends them to John F. Kennedy Middle (5) and Roosevelt Community Middle (5) for middle school, then Palm Beach Lakes Community High (10) for high school.
What time does Northmore start?
The district lists the school day as 8:10 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.
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