J.C. Mitchell Elementary, 2470 NW Fifth Ave.: grades K-5, 532 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and a B in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, the School District of Palm Beach County’s Schools & Principals list, feeder reports and start times, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

J.C. Mitchell Elementary is the School District of Palm Beach County’s elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade on NW Fifth Avenue in Boca Raton, inside city limits according to the district’s municipal boundary map. The mascot is the Jaguar and the school colors are blue and gold; the school opened in 1958, according to the district’s school information.

Who to call
Address 2470 NW Fifth Ave., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone 561-750-4900
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

Principal Joan Pierre-Jerome, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 532 students, 22 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026), in a building the district rates for 1,032, or 52% full, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 740 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. An elementary school’s grade is the share of possible points it earns on state test results in reading, math and science and on students’ learning gains. The state’s 2026 file sets an A for an elementary school at 62% of points or more and a B at 54% to 61%.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (61% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 B

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: 63% (third grade: 65%)
  • Math: 60%
  • Science: 63%
  • Learning gains: 68% in English language arts and 55% in math

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the J.C. Mitchell zone map (PDF). In the district’s boundary map, about two-thirds of the zone lies inside Boca Raton city limits, and it covers more of the city’s land than any other elementary zone. Our guide to Country Club Village covers a neighborhood split between the J.C. Mitchell and Addison Mizner zones.

The district’s 2026-27 elementary to middle feeder report places all 23 J.C. Mitchell planning areas in the Boca Raton Community Middle and Boca Raton Community High zones.

No rezoning that affects the school has been approved. The School Board’s only boundary change for 2026-27, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, covers schools in the Riviera Beach area, 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
  • 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

The district’s start and end times list the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does J.C. Mitchell Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the School District of Palm Beach County. The district’s Aug. 24 count also lists 22 pre-K students. The school is at 2470 NW Fifth Ave., inside Boca Raton city limits.

What is J.C. Mitchell Elementary’s school grade?

J.C. Mitchell earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 61% of possible points. It also earned a B in 2025 and 2024.

Which middle and high school does J.C. Mitchell Elementary feed into?

Boca Raton Community Middle and Boca Raton Community High, for its whole zone, under the district’s 2026-27 feeder reports.

What time does J.C. Mitchell Elementary start?

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