Binks Forest Elementary, 15101 Bent Creek Road: K to grade 5, 692 students on Aug. 24, an A 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, zone maps and feeder reports, start times and 11th Day Enrollment Report, Palm Beach County’s address records, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Binks Forest Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school, inside the village of Wellington, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. It is the only Wellington elementary school without pre-K classes in the district’s count. The district’s school listing says it opened in 1999; its mascot is the Owl. About 12% of the homes in the village are zoned for it, and the district counted 692 students on Aug. 24.

Who to call
Address 15101 Bent Creek Road, Wellington, FL 33414
Phone 561-904-9800
Grades K to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
Village limits Inside the village of Wellington
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 692 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,206, so it is at 57% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 1,212 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 71 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 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 (81% 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: 92%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 94%
  • Math: 88%
  • Science (fifth grade): 86%
  • Learning gains: 76% in English and 71% 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

Matching the district’s boundary maps against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 12% of the homes inside the village, roughly 3,000, are zoned for Binks Forest. Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Binks Forest zone map (PDF). Our neighborhood guides for Big Blue Trace, Binks Forest and the Landings and Equestrian Preserve cover the schools that serve those streets.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all 15 of Binks Forest’s planning areas go on to Wellington Landings Middle and then Wellington Community High.

The School Board’s only boundary change for 2026-27, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, redrew elementary zones in Riviera Beach; no Wellington school’s zone changed, 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 Binks Forest’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Binks Forest Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school at 15101 Bent Creek Road.

What is Binks Forest Elementary’s school grade?

Binks Forest earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 81% of possible points.

Which middle and high school does Binks Forest Elementary feed into?

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, its planning areas go on to Wellington Landings Middle and then Wellington Community High.

What time does Binks Forest Elementary start?

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