Equestrian Trails Elementary, 9720 Stribling Way: pre-K to grade 5, 836 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.

Equestrian Trails 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. Emerald Cove Middle is next door on the same road. The district’s school listing says it opened in 2003; its mascot is the Thoroughbred. About 13% of the homes in the village are zoned for it, and the district counted 836 students on Aug. 24.

Who to call
Address 9720 Stribling Way, Wellington, FL 33414
Phone 561-904-9600
Grades Pre-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 Allyson Manning, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 836 students, 40 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 920, so it is at 91% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 858 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 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 (78% 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: 87%
  • Third-grade English language arts: 80%
  • Math: 88%
  • Science (fifth grade): 86%
  • Learning gains: 73% in English and 74% 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 13% of the homes inside the village, roughly 3,100, are zoned for Equestrian Trails. Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Equestrian Trails zone map (PDF). Our neighborhood guides for North of Forest Hill, Olympia and Wellington Green cover the schools that serve those streets.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, all two of Equestrian Trails’ planning areas go on to Emerald Cove Middle and then Palm Beach Central 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 Equestrian Trails’ 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 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) choice program at Equestrian Trails, open to students countywide. Families apply through the district’s school choice office; seats are assigned by lottery.

More on Wellington schools

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Equestrian Trails Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school at 9720 Stribling Way.

What is Equestrian Trails Elementary’s school grade?

Equestrian Trails earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 78% of possible points.

Which middle and high school does Equestrian Trails Elementary feed into?

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, its planning areas go on to Emerald Cove Middle and then Palm Beach Central High.

What time does Equestrian Trails Elementary start?

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