Ben Gamla Palm Beach, Boynton Beach: admission, report card and hours

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: Ben Gamla Palm Beach, the district’s 2026-27 charter school directory, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Ben Gamla Palm Beach is a public charter elementary school on Jog Road, west of Boynton Beach; its website calls it a tuition-free Palm Beach County public charter school. It has a Boynton Beach mailing address, but the campus is in unincorporated Palm Beach County, outside the city limits, on the district’s municipal boundary map. The district’s 2026-27 charter directory lists a Hebrew language component and lists it as a high-performing charter school.

Who to call

• Front office: 561-742-8017, 8600 Jog Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33472
• School website: www.bengamlapalmbeach.org
• Applying: the school’s own admissions process (below), not the district’s zone map
• District charter schools office: 561-434-8681 (Charter Schools department)

Principal

Principal Elanit Weizman, according to the district’s 2026-27 charter school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

• Federal count: 255 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida gave Ben Gamla Palm Beach an A in its 2026 school grades, after an A in 2025. The school earned 64% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.

Achievement is the share of tested students who scored on grade level on the state’s tests. Florida grades every public school A to F from those test results, students’ learning gains, science and social studies results and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation measures, the columns of the state’s file show. For a elementary school, A is 62% of possible points or more, B is 54% to 61%, C is 41% to 53% and D is 32% to 40%, the file says.

The full report card, with test results by subject and student group, is on the state’s school report card for Ben Gamla Palm Beach. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable file, linked from its school grades page.

How admission works

Ben Gamla Palm Beach is a public charter school, so it has no attendance zone. Applications for the 2027-28 school year opened Monday, Oct. 5. The initial open enrollment period runs through Nov. 30, with the lottery Dec. 7 and email notices that week. A second enrollment period starts Dec. 1 and stays open, according to the school’s enrollment page.

The district’s charter school directory lists the school’s current charter term as July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2032.

Calendar and bell times

The district’s 2026-27 charter school directory lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and to 1:25 p.m. Tuesdays. For the school’s own calendar, see its website. The district’s key dates for its own schools are on its 2026-27 calendar.

More on Boynton Beach schools

• The school’s website and the district’s charter school directory
• Every public school in Boynton Beach, with zones and report cards
• Our Boynton Beach schools guide for the full calendar, registration and School Board meetings

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Ben Gamla Palm Beach serve?

Ben Gamla Palm Beach serves kindergarten through grade 5. It is at 8600 Jog Road in Boynton Beach.

What is Ben Gamla Palm Beach’s Florida school grade?

Ben Gamla Palm Beach earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 64% of possible points, after an A in 2025.

How do you get into Ben Gamla Palm Beach?

Apply on the school’s website. For 2027-28, the initial open enrollment period runs Oct. 5 to Nov. 30, 2026, with the lottery Dec. 7, 2026.

What are Ben Gamla Palm Beach’s school hours?

8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and to 1:25 p.m. Tuesdays, according to the district’s 2026-27 charter school directory.