Waters Edge Elementary, 21601 Shorewind Drive: grades K-5, 730 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and an A 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.

Waters Edge Elementary is the School District of Palm Beach County’s elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade on Shorewind Drive in west Boca Raton. It has a Boca Raton mailing address but sits in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside city limits, according to the district’s municipal boundary map. The mascot is the Owl and the school colors are teal, khaki and gray; the school opened in 1996, according to the district’s school information.

Who to call
Address 21601 Shorewind Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33428
Phone 561-852-2400
Grades Kindergarten to 5
School day 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

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

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 730 students on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026), in a building the district rates for 926, or 79% full, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 713 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 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.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (77% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

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: 89% (third grade: 91%)
  • Math: 85%
  • Science: 73%
  • Learning gains: 73% in English language arts and 70% 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 Waters Edge zone map (PDF). In the district’s boundary map, the zone lies west of Boca Raton city limits.

The district’s 2026-27 elementary to middle feeder report places all six Waters Edge planning areas in the Loggers’ Run Community Middle and West 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 Waters Edge Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the School District of Palm Beach County. The school is at 21601 Shorewind Drive, in unincorporated Palm Beach County west of Boca Raton city limits.

What is Waters Edge Elementary’s school grade?

Waters Edge earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 77% of possible points. It also earned an A in 2025 and 2024.

Which middle and high school does Waters Edge Elementary feed into?

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

What time does Waters Edge Elementary start?

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