Jupiter Elementary, 200 S. Loxahatchee Drive: kindergarten to grade 5, 685 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.
Jupiter Elementary is the School District of Palm Beach County’s school for kindergarten through fifth grade on South Loxahatchee Drive, just south of Indiantown Road and east of Jupiter High, inside town limits. It opened in 1926, the oldest of the public schools on our Jupiter schools list, and its colors are green and white, according to the district’s school information.
Who to call
- Front office: 561-741-5300, 200 S. Loxahatchee Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
- School website: jupe.palmbeachschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s student registration page; district main line 561-434-8000
- Buses: the district’s Transportation Call Center, 561-357-1110
| Address | 200 S. Loxahatchee Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 |
| Phone | 561-741-5300 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| School day | 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. |
| District | School District of Palm Beach County |
Principal
Principal Deborah McNichols, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 685 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 929, so it is at 74% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
- Federal count: 842 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
It is the only Title I school among the graded district schools on our Jupiter list, according to the state’s 2026 school grades file.
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 (68% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | B |
| 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: 51%
- English language arts, all tested grades: 54%
- Math: 67%
- Science: 68%
Learning gains carried the grade: 71% of students made gains in English and 73% in math, and 78% and 83% of the lowest-scoring quarter did. 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 Jupiter Elementary zone map (PDF). In the district’s boundary map, the zone covers about a fifth of the land inside Jupiter town limits, on the east side of town, including Inlet Village, most of the Center Street area and most of Maplewood. It also reaches into Tequesta.
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all 11 Jupiter Elementary planning areas go on to Jupiter Middle and then Jupiter Community High.
No rezoning that affects Jupiter Elementary 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 Jupiter Elementary’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 a Spanish Dual Language program at Jupiter Elementary as an in-house program, open only to students zoned for the school. The school’s dual language page describes it as two-way immersion, with native English and native Spanish speakers learning together and half of instruction in each language.
More on Jupiter schools
- The school’s website
- Every public school in Jupiter
- Our Jupiter schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Jupiter Elementary serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the School District of Palm Beach County. The school is at 200 S. Loxahatchee Drive, inside Jupiter town limits.
What is Jupiter Elementary’s school grade?
Jupiter Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 68% of possible points, up from a B in 2025 and 2024.
Which middle and high school does Jupiter Elementary feed into?
Jupiter Middle and then Jupiter Community High. All 11 of its planning areas follow that path under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.
Does Jupiter Elementary have a dual language program?
Yes. The district lists a Spanish Dual Language program there for students zoned to the school, and the school says students get half their instruction in English and half in Spanish.
What time does Jupiter Elementary start?
The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
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