Christa McAuliffe Middle, 6500 Le Chalet Blvd., Boynton Beach: grades 6-8, 1,189 students (2023-24), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 561-374-6600.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: Christa McAuliffe Middle, the School District of Palm Beach County and its school and boundary map data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Christa McAuliffe Middle School is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school on Le Chalet Boulevard, west of the city. It has a Boynton Beach mailing address, but the campus is outside the city limits, in unincorporated Palm Beach County, on the municipal boundary map the district publishes. The school’s website says it was named for Christa McAuliffe to honor her legacy as a teacher and astronaut; its fact box lists 1986 as its opening year and The Shuttle as its mascot.

Who to call

  • Front office: 561-374-6600, 6500 Le Chalet Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33472
  • School website: cmms.palmbeachschools.org
  • Enrolling a new student: the zoned school first, the district says; or Admissions and Family Experience, 561-434-8197 (registration)
  • Buses: district Transportation Services, 561-242-8300
  • District main line: 561-434-8000
Address 6500 Le Chalet Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33472
Phone 561-374-6600
Grades 6 to 8
School day 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.
Run by School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

Principal Dwight Graydon, according to the school’s School Info page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 1,189 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.
  • School’s own figure: the fact box on the school’s School Info page lists 1,436 students. It does not say when that count was taken.

State report card

Florida gave Christa McAuliffe Middle an A in its 2026 school grades, after an A in 2025. The school earned 74% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade A (74% of points)
English language arts achievement 74%
Math achievement 78%
2025 school grade A

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 middle school, A is 64% of possible points or more, B is 57% to 63%, C is 44% to 56% and D is 34% to 43%, the file says.

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

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or its middle school attendance zone maps. Zones do not follow city limits. Its zone covers the suburbs west of the city. On the district’s boundary maps, none of the land inside Boynton Beach city limits is in the McAuliffe zone.

The district does not publish a feeder list. On its boundary maps (the 2026-27 elementary map and the 2025-26 middle and high school maps), by area:

  • High school (share of this zone inside each): the whole zone is in the Park Vista Community High zone
  • Elementary zones (share of each inside this zone): Manatee (all), Crystal Lakes (about 58%) and Hidden Oaks K-8 (about 42%)

Rezoning. The only boundary study the School Board adopted in 2025-26, RB-1 on March 11, 2026, covered Riviera Beach schools, according to the district’s enrollment and demographics page. No approved rezoning affects Christa McAuliffe Middle.

Calendar and bell times

The district’s school start and end times list gives Christa McAuliffe Middle’s day as 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. From the district’s 2026-27 key dates:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (teacher duty and training day)
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: fall holiday, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break

Programs

The school’s choice programs page lists Pre-Engineering, Pre-Information Technology and Pre-Medical Sciences. District choice programs take applications through the district’s school choice page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Christa McAuliffe Middle School serve?

Christa McAuliffe Middle School serves grades 6 through 8. It is at 6500 Le Chalet Blvd. in Boynton Beach.

What is Christa McAuliffe Middle School’s Florida school grade?

Christa McAuliffe Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 74% of possible points, after an A in 2025.

Which high school does Christa McAuliffe Middle feed into?

On the district’s boundary maps, the Christa McAuliffe Middle zone lies within the Park Vista Community High zone.

What time does Christa McAuliffe Middle start?

The school day runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:05 p.m., according to the district’s school start and end times list.