Emerald Cove Middle, 9950 Stribling Way: grades 6-8, 1,072 students on Aug. 24 and an A in Florida's 2026 school 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.

Emerald Cove Middle is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school, inside the village of Wellington, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. The district’s school listing says it opened in 2007; its mascot is the Pirate. About 28% of the homes in the village are zoned for it, and the district counted 1,072 students on Aug. 24. Equestrian Trails Elementary is next door on the same road.

Who to call
Address 9950 Stribling Way, Wellington, FL 33414
Phone 561-803-8000
Grades 6 to 8
School day 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.
Village limits Inside the village of Wellington
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 1,072 students, 7 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,409, so it is at 6% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 1,234 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 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 middle school acceleration, the share of students passing high school level courses and industry certifications.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (71% 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: 73%
  • Math: 77%
  • Science: 67%
  • Social studies: 85%
  • Middle school acceleration: 80%
  • Learning gains: 62% 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 28% of the homes inside the village, roughly 6,900, are zoned for Emerald Cove. Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Emerald Cove zone map (PDF). Our neighborhood guides for MidTowne, Olympia, North of Forest Hill and Wellington Green cover the schools that serve those streets.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Emerald Cove draws from 11 planning areas zoned for these elementary schools (number of areas in parentheses):

For high school, seven go on to Palm Beach Central High, three to Dr. Joaquín García High in Lake Worth and one to 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 Emerald Cove’s day as 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists one choice program at Emerald Cove, open to students countywide: Pre-Information Technology. Students apply through the district’s school choice office; seats are assigned by lottery.

The school’s athletics pages list boys and girls sports and clubs; see its athletics and activities page.

More on Wellington schools

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Emerald Cove Middle serve?

Grades 6 through 8. It is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school at 9950 Stribling Way, Wellington.

What is Emerald Cove Middle’s school grade?

Emerald Cove earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 71% of possible points.

Which high school does Emerald Cove Middle feed into?

Mostly Palm Beach Central High. Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, seven of its planning areas go to Palm Beach Central, three to Dr. Joaquín García High and one to Wellington Community High.

What time does Emerald Cove Middle start?

The district lists the school day as 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.