New Horizons Elementary, 13900 Greenbriar Blvd.: pre-K to grade 5, 570 students on Aug. 24, a B 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.
New Horizons 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. The district’s school listing says it opened in 1990; its mascot is the Conestoga Wagon. About 18% of the homes in the village are zoned for it, and the district counted 570 students on Aug. 24.
Who to call
- Front office: 561-651-0500, 13900 Greenbriar Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414
- School website: nhes.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 | 13900 Greenbriar Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414 |
| Phone | 561-651-0500 |
| 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 Gloria Salazar, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 570 students, 56 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 857, so it is at 67% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
- Federal count: 773 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 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 | B (59% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | B |
| 2023-24 | B |
| 2022-23 | B (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: 61%
- Third-grade English language arts: 60%
- Math: 57%
- Science (fifth grade): 61%
- Learning gains: 65% in English and 58% 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 18% of the homes inside the village, roughly 4,300, are zoned for New Horizons. Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the New Horizons zone map (PDF). Our neighborhood guides for Big Blue Trace, Equestrian Preserve, Greenview Shores and Palm Beach Polo cover the schools that serve those streets.
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, New Horizons’ 11 planning areas split this way:
| Middle school | High school | Planning areas |
|---|---|---|
| Polo Park Middle | Wellington Community High | 7 |
| Wellington Landings Middle | Wellington Community High | 4 |
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 New Horizons’ day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
Programs
The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists two programs at New Horizons:
- International Spanish Academy: a choice program, open to students countywide
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM): an in-house program, for students zoned for the school
Families apply for both through the district’s school choice office; seats are assigned by lottery, and zoned students get priority for in-house programs, the guide says.
More on Wellington schools
- The school’s website
- The district’s Schools & Principals list, with the school’s district listing
- Every public school in Wellington
- Our Wellington schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does New Horizons Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school at 13900 Greenbriar Blvd..
What is New Horizons Elementary’s school grade?
New Horizons earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 59% of possible points.
Which middle and high school does New Horizons Elementary feed into?
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, its planning areas go on to Polo Park Middle or Wellington Landings Middle, then Wellington Community High.
What time does New Horizons Elementary start?
The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
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