Lighthouse Elementary, 4750 Dakota Drive: pre-K to grade 2, 524 students on the district's Aug. 24 count. Third graders move on to Beacon Cove Intermediate.

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.

Lighthouse Elementary is the School District of Palm Beach County’s school for pre-K through second grade in the Lighthouse and Beacon Cove zone, the largest elementary zone in Jupiter. It sits at the end of the access road behind Jupiter Middle on North Military Trail, inside town limits, according to the district’s directions. The mascot is the Pelican and the school colors are blue and silver; the school opened in 1988, according to the district’s school information. Third graders move on to Beacon Cove Intermediate.

Who to call
Address 4750 Dakota Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone 561-741-9400
Grades Pre-K to 2
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 524 students, 81 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 841, so it is at 62% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 604 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades public schools A to F from state test results, and the state tests start in third grade. Lighthouse does not appear in the state’s 2026 school grades file, so it has no letter grade. Its students take the state tests at Beacon Cove, which earned an A in 2026 with 76% of possible points.

Other state data on the school can be searched on the Florida school report cards site, an interactive dashboard.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Lighthouse zone map (PDF). Lighthouse and Beacon Cove share one zone. In the district’s boundary map it covers about two-fifths of the land inside Jupiter town limits, including Abacoa, the Heights of Jupiter, the Bluffs and Admirals Cove and most of the A1A beachfront.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, the zone has 12 planning areas:

No rezoning that affects Lighthouse 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 Lighthouse’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. Beacon Cove starts and ends 15 minutes later, which matters for families with children at both.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists a new choice program at Lighthouse in the arts (visual, performing and communications), matching the one at Beacon Cove. Choice programs take applications through the district’s school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Lighthouse Elementary serve?

Pre-K through second grade. Children in the same zone go on to Beacon Cove Intermediate for third through fifth grade.

Does Lighthouse Elementary have a state school grade?

No. Florida’s 2026 school grades file does not list Lighthouse. The state tests start in third grade, and Lighthouse ends at second. Beacon Cove Intermediate, where its students go next, earned an A.

Which middle and high school does Lighthouse Elementary feed into?

After Beacon Cove, eight of the zone’s 12 planning areas go to Independence Middle and William T. Dwyer High, and four go to Jupiter Middle and Jupiter Community High, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does Lighthouse Elementary start?

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