Marsh Pointe Elementary, 12649 Ibiza Drive: kindergarten to grade 5, 831 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Updated Oct. 17: Marsh Pointe is one of 45 Palm Beach County public schools the state named a 2026 School of Excellence, the district announced Oct. 14. Read our story.

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.

Marsh Pointe Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on Ibiza Drive in the north part of Palm Beach Gardens, inside city limits, according to the district’s municipal boundary map. It is the most recently opened of the city’s traditional district schools: the district’s school information lists it as opened in 2008, with the Panther as its mascot.

Who to call
Address 12649 Ibiza Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Phone 561-366-6800
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 831 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,022, so it is at 81% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 802 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 51 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 A (73% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A
2022-23 A (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: 83%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 85%
  • Math: 87%
  • Science (fifth grade): 74%
  • Learning gains: 63% in English and 67% 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 Marsh Pointe zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 19% of the homes inside Palm Beach Gardens city limits, roughly 6,400, are zoned for Marsh Pointe, second only to Timber Trace. Our neighborhood guides list all of Alton and Mirasol, Evergrene in the Evergrene and Frenchman’s Creek area, and Westwood Gardens, Fiore, Magnolia Bay and Legends in the Central Boulevard and Hood Road area. A small part of the zone reaches into Jupiter.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, five of Marsh Pointe’s six planning areas go on to Watson B. Duncan Middle and the sixth to Independence Middle in Jupiter. All six go on to William T. Dwyer High.

No rezoning approved for 2026-27 affects Marsh Pointe. 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 Marsh Pointe’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 no choice program at Marsh Pointe; it serves the students zoned for it. The school’s programs page points families to the district’s choice and career academy listings, and the school lists an after-school program.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Marsh Pointe Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the School District of Palm Beach County.

What is Marsh Pointe Elementary’s school grade?

Marsh Pointe Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 73% of possible points. It has earned an A in every graded year since 2009, its first.

Which middle and high school does Marsh Pointe feed into?

Watson B. Duncan Middle and William T. Dwyer High for five of its six planning areas under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report. The sixth goes to Independence Middle in Jupiter and then Dwyer.

What time does Marsh Pointe Elementary start?

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