Grove Park Elementary, 8330 N. Military Trail: pre-K to grade 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, south of Northlake Boulevard. The district lists a Palm Beach Gardens address and the federal directory a West Palm Beach one; the district’s municipal boundary map and the county’s address records place the campus in unincorporated Palm Beach County, just outside city limits. It is the zoned school for most of the city’s homes south of Northlake. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1966, with the Eagle as its mascot.

Who to call
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.
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 5% of the homes inside Palm Beach Gardens city limits, roughly 1,800, are zoned for Grove Park. Our South of Northlake Boulevard guide puts about 95% of the city’s homes south of Northlake, from Steeplechase to Garden Oaks, in the Grove Park zone. Most of the zone lies outside the city.

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
Watson B. Duncan Middle Palm Beach Gardens Community High 2
Bear Lakes Middle Palm Beach Lakes Community High 2
Jeaga Middle Palm Beach Lakes Community High 1

Our South of Northlake guide lists Steeplechase as zoned for John F. Kennedy Middle and Palm Beach Gardens High. Check the map for your own address.

No rezoning approved for 2026-27 changes the Grove Park zone. The School Board’s only boundary change, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, covers elementary schools in Riviera Beach, according to the district’s enrollment and boundaries page.

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 school’s choice and in-house programs page describes the IB program and also lists a science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) program. The district says elementary choice programs have no entry requirements; applications go through its school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Grove Park Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, plus a pre-K program: the district’s Aug. 24 count lists 34 pre-K students among its 693.

What is Grove Park Elementary’s school grade?

Grove Park Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 51% of possible points. It also earned a C in 2025 and 2024.

Is Grove Park Elementary in Palm Beach Gardens?

The district gives it a Palm Beach Gardens address, but the campus at 8330 N. Military Trail is in unincorporated Palm Beach County. It is the zoned elementary school for most Palm Beach Gardens homes south of Northlake Boulevard.

Which middle and high school does Grove Park feed into?

It depends on the address. For the Palm Beach Gardens part of the zone, the feeder report lists John F. Kennedy Middle or Watson B. Duncan Middle and then Palm Beach Gardens Community High. Other areas go to Palm Beach Lakes Community High.

What time does Grove Park Elementary start?

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