Jerry Thomas Elementary, 800 Maplewood Drive: kindergarten to grade 5, 576 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 9, 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 and the federal NCES school directory.

Jerry Thomas Elementary is the School District of Palm Beach County’s school for kindergarten through fifth grade on Maplewood Drive, east of Interstate 95 and south of Indiantown Road, inside Jupiter town limits. The mascot is the Tiger and the school colors are yellow and blue; the school opened in 1980, according to the district’s school information.

Who to call
Address 800 Maplewood Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone 561-741-9100
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 576 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,036, so it is at 56% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 698 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 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. An A for an elementary school takes 62% of points or more in the state’s 2026 file.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (64% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 B

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 66%
  • English language arts, all tested grades: 68%
  • Math: 76%
  • Science: 55%

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 Jerry Thomas zone map (PDF). In the district’s boundary map, the Jerry Thomas zone covers about a quarter of the land inside Jupiter town limits, including Indian Creek, Jupiter Country Club and Sonoma Isles west of I-95, and parts of Maplewood and the Center Street area. More than half of the zone’s land is outside town to the west.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all six Jerry Thomas planning areas go on to Independence Middle. After that, five go to Jupiter Community High and one goes to William T. Dwyer High.

No rezoning that affects Jerry Thomas has been approved. The School Board’s only boundary change for 2026-27, 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
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students; the first trimester ends Monday, Nov. 2
  • 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 lists Jerry Thomas’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. The school’s website has an arrival, dismissal and parking page for car line details.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists no choice or in-house program at Jerry Thomas. Families can apply for programs at other schools through the district’s school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Jerry Thomas Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the School District of Palm Beach County. The school is at 800 Maplewood Drive, inside Jupiter town limits.

What is Jerry Thomas Elementary’s school grade?

Jerry Thomas earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 64% of possible points. It also earned an A in 2025, after a B in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Jerry Thomas feed into?

Independence Middle. Then five of its six planning areas go to Jupiter Community High and one goes to William T. Dwyer High, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does Jerry Thomas Elementary start?

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