Palm Beach Lakes Community High, 3505 Shiloh Drive: grades 9-12, 2,597 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.

Palm Beach Lakes Community High is the School District of Palm Beach County’s high school for most of West Palm Beach north of downtown and for the western neighborhoods, on Shiloh Drive 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 it than for any other high school. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1988, with the Ram as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 3505 Shiloh Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone 561-640-5000
Grades 9 to 12
School day 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
City limits Inside West Palm Beach
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 2,597 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 2,822, so it is at 92% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 2,783 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 23 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, for high schools, the graduation rate and college and career acceleration.

School year Grade
2025-26 C (55% 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: 39%
  • Math: 30%
  • Science: 60%
  • Social studies: 65%
  • Graduation rate (2024-25): 94%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 68% of graduates

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 Palm Beach Lakes zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 64% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 40,000, are zoned for Palm Beach Lakes. Our guides to Northwood Hills, Old Northwood and Pleasant City list the zoned schools street by street. Most of the rest of the city is zoned for Forest Hill Community High.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Palm Beach Lakes draws from these middle school zones:

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 Palm Beach Lakes’ own 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 Palm Beach Lakes’ day as 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists these at Palm Beach Lakes:

  • Biotechnology
  • Center for Pre-Law/Law Related Careers
  • Early Childhood Teacher Education
  • Marine Corps JROTC
  • Medical Sciences
  • In-house programs, open only to students zoned for the school: Digital Media Technology (Scholastic Esports) and Fire Science

The school’s website calls its choice offerings the Five Carat Choice Program. Choice programs take applications through the district’s school choice office.

Sports and activities

The Rams play football in Class 6A, Region 4, District 13 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications. The other teams in that district are Dr. Joaquín García, Jupiter, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Central, Santaluces and Wellington.

The school’s athletics page lists girls volleyball, football, cross country, swimming, bowling, cheerleading, boys and girls basketball, boys soccer, boys and girls wrestling, boys and girls weightlifting, flag football, baseball, track and field, boys volleyball and softball. The athletic director is Terry Sims.

Follow the Rams on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Palm Beach Lakes Community High serve?

Grades 9 through 12. It is a School District of Palm Beach County high school at 3505 Shiloh Drive, inside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Palm Beach Lakes High’s school grade?

Palm Beach Lakes Community High earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 55% of possible points. Its 2024-25 graduation rate was 94%.

How much of West Palm Beach is zoned for Palm Beach Lakes High?

About 64% of the homes inside city limits, more than for any other high school, according to the district’s zone map and county address records. Check your address on the district’s Find My School map.

What time does Palm Beach Lakes High start?

The district lists the school day as 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.