Westward Elementary, 1101 Golf Ave.: grades pre-K-5, 447 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.

Westward Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on Golf Avenue, inside West Palm Beach city limits, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map, west of downtown. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1960, with the Panther as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 1101 Golf Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone 561-653-5200
Grades Pre-K to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
City limits Inside West Palm Beach
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 447 students, 32 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 890, so it is at 50% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 528 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 32 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 C (52% 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: 51%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 40%
  • Math: 45%
  • Science (fifth grade): 53%
  • Learning gains: 69% in English and 54% 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 Westward 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 5,000, are zoned for Westward.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all five of Westward’s planning areas go on to Bear Lakes 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 Westward’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 Westward’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 Westward.

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 Westward serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 1101 Golf Ave., inside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Westward’s school grade?

Westward Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 52% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a B in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Westward feed into?

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

What time does Westward start?

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