West Gate Elementary, West Palm Beach: zone, grade, calendar

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.

West Gate Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on Loxahatchee Drive, 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 district’s school information lists it as opened in 1925, with the Gator as its mascot. It rose from a C in 2025 to an A in Florida’s 2026 grades.

Who to call

• Front office: 561-684-7100, 1545 Loxahatchee Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
• School website: wges.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

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

• District count: 691 students, 36 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,058, so it is at 65% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
• Federal count: 731 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 54 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.

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: 60%
• Third-grade English language arts: 56%
• Math: 60%
• Science (fifth grade): 72%
• Learning gains: 77% in English and 61% 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 West Gate 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 West Gate; its zone covers neighborhoods outside the city.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all five of West Gate’s planning areas go on to Jeaga Middle and then 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 West Gate’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 West Gate’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 Spanish Dual Language program at West Gate, an in-house program open to 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.

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 West Gate serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 1545 Loxahatchee Drive, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is West Gate’s school grade?

West Gate Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 66% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a C in 2024.

Which middle and high school does West Gate feed into?

All of West Gate’s planning areas go on to Jeaga Middle and then Palm Beach Lakes Community High, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does West Gate start?

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