Polo Park Middle, 11901 Lake Worth Road: grades 6-8, 1,083 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.

Polo Park 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 2000; its mascot is the Stallion. About 36% of the homes in the village are zoned for it, and the district counted 1,083 students on Aug. 24.

Who to call
Address 11901 Lake Worth Road, Wellington, FL 33449
Phone 561-333-5500
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 Jennifer Galindo, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 1,083 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 1,413, so it is at 7% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 1,163 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 20 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 (72% 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: 78%
  • Math: 78%
  • Science: 71%
  • Social studies: 85%
  • Middle school acceleration: 91%
  • Learning gains: 71% in English and 66% 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 36% of the homes inside the village, roughly 8,700, are zoned for Polo Park. Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Polo Park zone map (PDF). Our neighborhood guides for Greenview Shores, Equestrian Preserve, Lake Worth Road, MidTowne, North of Forest Hill, Palm Beach Polo and Wellington Green cover the schools that serve those streets.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Polo Park draws from 14 planning areas zoned for these elementary schools (number of areas in parentheses):

For high school, 12 go on to Wellington Community High, one to Dr. Joaquín García High in Lake Worth and one to 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 Polo Park’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 two choice programs at Polo Park, open to students countywide: Pre-Engineering (Gateway to Technology) and Pre-Information Technology. Students apply through the district’s school choice office; seats are assigned by lottery. The school’s website also has a page on controlled open enrollment.

More on Wellington schools

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Polo Park Middle serve?

Grades 6 through 8. It is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school at 11901 Lake Worth Road, Wellington.

What is Polo Park Middle’s school grade?

Polo Park earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 72% of possible points.

Which high school does Polo Park Middle feed into?

Mostly Wellington Community High. Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, 12 of its planning areas go to Wellington High, one to Dr. Joaquín García High and one to Palm Beach Central.

What time does Polo Park Middle start?

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