Palm Beach Gardens Community High, 4245 Holly Drive: grades 9-12, 2,130 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, feeder reports and start times, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and the FHSAA.

Palm Beach Gardens Community High is the School District of Palm Beach County’s high school for grades 9 to 12 on Holly Drive, beside I-95 and inside city limits, according to the district’s municipal boundary map. Its zone covers most of the city’s older neighborhoods and its far west. The teams are the Gators, according to the district’s school information.

Who to call
Address 4245 Holly Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Phone 561-694-7300
Grades 9 to 12
School day 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 2,130 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 2,853, so it is at 75% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 2,438 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 145 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 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 B
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: 52%
  • Math: 31%
  • Science: 67%
  • Social studies: 57%
  • Graduation rate (2024-25): 94%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 71% 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 Gardens High zone map (PDF). About 64% of the city’s homes are zoned for the school, according to our neighborhoods guide. Most of the rest are zoned for William T. Dwyer High; a few hundred in the far southwest are zoned for Seminole Ridge Community High.

Under the district’s 2026-27 middle to high school feeder report, the school draws from these middle school zones:

  • Howell L. Watkins Middle: the planning areas zoned for Allamanda, Palm Beach Gardens Elementary, Lake Park, Washington and most of The Conservatory School @ North Palm Beach.
  • Watson B. Duncan Middle: areas zoned for Timber Trace, Palm Beach Gardens Elementary, Grove Park and Washington.
  • Osceola Creek Middle: five areas zoned for Pierce Hammock Elementary, which take in Avenir; one Pierce Hammock area zoned for Western Pines Middle also feeds the school.
  • John F. Kennedy Middle in Riviera Beach: areas zoned for Grove Park, Washington and the West Riviera and Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune elementary pair.

No rezoning approved for 2026-27 moves this school’s own zone. The School Board’s only boundary change, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, shifted part of the Bethune zone north of Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach to Washington Elementary, one of the schools that feeds Watkins and Duncan, 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 school’s bell schedule opens the campus to students at 6:50 a.m. First period runs from 7:30 a.m., lunch comes in three shifts during fifth period, and seventh period ends at 2:45 p.m.

Programs

The school calls its choice programs the Five Star Magnet Program and says more than 1,000 students are enrolled in them. The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists these at Palm Beach Gardens High:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy, new for 2026-27
  • Culinary Arts
  • Global Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Medical Sciences
  • Sports Management and Recreation
  • Television and Film Production Technology
  • Tourism, Hospitality and Resort Management
  • Navy JROTC, an in-house program open to students zoned for the school

Choice programs take applications through the district’s school choice office.

Sports and activities

The Gators play football in Class 5A, Region 3, District 12 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications. The other teams in that district are William T. Dwyer, Martin County, Royal Palm Beach, Seminole Ridge and South Fork, so both Palm Beach Gardens high schools play in the same district.

The school’s athletics page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, bowling, cross country, girls flag football, football, boys and girls lacrosse, sideline cheer, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, beach volleyball, boys and girls volleyball, boys and girls weightlifting, and wrestling. It says the Gators won the Florida Class 6A football state championship in 2005. The athletic director is Deonte Savage.

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

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Palm Beach Gardens Community High serve?

Grades 9 through 12. It is a School District of Palm Beach County high school at 4245 Holly Drive, inside Palm Beach Gardens city limits.

What is Palm Beach Gardens High’s school grade?

Palm Beach Gardens Community High earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 55% of possible points. It earned a B in 2025 and a C in 2024. Its 2024-25 graduation rate was 94%.

Which middle schools feed Palm Beach Gardens High?

Mainly Howell L. Watkins Middle and Watson B. Duncan Middle, plus parts of the John F. Kennedy, Osceola Creek and Western Pines middle school zones, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does Palm Beach Gardens High start?

The district lists the school day as 7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. The school’s own bell schedule starts first period at 7:30 a.m. and ends seventh period at 2:45 p.m.