Plantation Elementary, 651 NW 42nd Ave., Plantation: pre-K to grade 5, 596 students on the Aug. 21 count. A B in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Broward County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone map for Plantation Elementary (PDF), boundary maps and Tenth Day Enrollment Count, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Plantation Elementary is a Broward County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K to fifth grade on NW 42nd Avenue in east Plantation.

Who to call
Address 651 NW 42nd Ave., Plantation, FL 33317
Phone 754-322-8000
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Broward County Public Schools
State school number 0941

Principal

Principal Judith E. Pitter, according to the school’s website, which also lists Dana Rhodes-Hurley as intern principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 596 students on Aug. 21, 2026, the 10th day of the 2026-27 school year, 46 fewer than on the same day in 2025, according to the district’s Tenth Day Enrollment Count. The count includes 68 pre-K children.
  • Federal count: 572 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15 students per teacher, according to the NCES directory.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns from state test results and learning gains. The state’s 2026 file sets an A for an elementary school at 62% of points or more, a B at 54% to 61% and a C at 41% to 53%.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (54% of possible points)
2024-25 A
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: 52% (third grade: 52%)
  • Math: 62%
  • Science: 83%

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 tool or the Plantation Elementary zone map (PDF). Comparing the district’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school attendance boundaries:

  • Plantation homes: every Plantation address in the zone is zoned for Seminole Middle and then South Plantation High.
  • Outside the city: the zone reaches beyond Plantation. About 21% of it is zoned for Lauderhill 6-12 for middle school, and parts go on to Boyd H. Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes or Piper High in Sunrise. A small part is zoned for Plantation 6-12.
  • In Plantation, about 7% of the addresses in Broward County’s address file are zoned for Plantation Elementary.

The School Board’s Jan. 21 actions, listed in the district’s May 12 Redefining Our Schools update (PDF), combined Plantation Middle and Plantation High into Plantation 6-12 for this school year; none of them changed Plantation Elementary’s own zone.

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar synopsis (PDF):

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5

The school does not post bell times on its website; the front office can confirm them.

Programs

The whole school is a Sprouting STEM Museum Magnet, according to its magnet page: children who live in the zone are in the program without applying, and children from outside the zone apply through the district. The school also hosts the district’s Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The principal’s message says the 2025 A was the first in the school’s history.

More on Plantation schools

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Plantation Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. The district counted 596 students there on Aug. 21, 2026, 68 of them in pre-K.

What is Plantation Elementary’s school grade?

A B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 54% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025 and a B in 2024.

Which middle and high school does Plantation Elementary feed into?

Plantation homes in its zone are zoned for Seminole Middle and then South Plantation High. Parts of the zone outside the city go to Lauderhill 6-12, according to the district’s boundary maps.