Palm Terrace Elementary, 1825 Dunn Ave.: pre-K to grade 5, 697 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 school grades. 386-258-4670.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: Volusia County Schools and its attendance boundary information, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Palm Terrace Elementary School is the Volusia County Schools elementary school on Dunn Avenue, on the mainland near Daytona International Speedway and inside the city limits. The school has served students from VPK through fifth grade since 1992, its principal’s message says. About 14% of the address points inside Daytona Beach are zoned for Palm Terrace, including all of Madison Heights and Indigo and part of downtown.

Who to call

  • Front office: 386-258-4670, 1825 Dunn Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
  • School website: palmterrace.vcsedu.org
  • Zones and planning: Volusia County Schools Planning and Business Services, 386-947-8786, ext. 50709
  • Enrolling: the district’s new student registration page, or the district main line, 386-734-7190
  • Buses: Student Transportation Services, 386-258-4677
Address 1825 Dunn Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Phone 386-258-4670
Grades Pre-K to 5
Run by Volusia County Schools
Principal Karen Troutman
2026 state grade C (51% of points)

Principal. Karen Troutman is the principal, according to the school’s faculty and staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 697 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 46 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 students per teacher.
  • State figure: the state’s report card shows current enrollment by grade and student group. It is an interactive dashboard and could not be read for this page.

State report card

Florida gave Palm Terrace Elementary a C in its 2026 school grades, its third C in a row. The school earned 51% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade C (51% of points)
Grade 3 English language arts achievement 40%
English language arts achievement 46%
English language arts learning gains 63%
Math achievement 44%
Math learning gains 56%
Science achievement 52%

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 results and students’ learning gains, the columns of the state’s file show. For an 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.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Zones do not follow city limits. Check any address with the district’s Find My School tool or its interactive boundary map, or open the printable Palm Terrace Elementary zone map (PDF).

Of the 32,599 address points Volusia County lists inside Daytona Beach, 4,663 are in Palm Terrace’s zone on the district’s boundary map data, last updated June 30, 2026. Inside the city, 4,633 of them are zoned for Campbell Middle and 30 for Silver Sands Middle in Port Orange. For high school, 3,210 are zoned for Mainland High, 1,345 for Atlantic High in Port Orange and 108 for Seabreeze High, so families in the same elementary zone can end up at different high schools.

Across the whole zone, about 99% of Palm Terrace’s address points are zoned for Campbell Middle; about 71% are zoned for Mainland High, 27% for Atlantic High and 2% for Seabreeze High. We did not find a feeder list on the district’s website; these shares come from the district’s zone map data.

Rezoning. “There are currently no proposed attendance boundary changes before the Board,” the district’s attendance boundary page said on Oct. 9.

Calendar and bell times

From the Volusia County Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Monday, Oct. 12: student holiday
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday; classes resume Monday, Nov. 30
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4, 2027: winter holiday; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5

Bell times. Elementary schools run from 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and to 1:30 p.m. on early release days, according to the district’s school hours page. Most Wednesdays are early release days. The full calendar is in our Daytona Beach schools guide.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Palm Terrace Elementary School serve?

Palm Terrace Elementary serves pre-K through grade 5, according to the federal school directory. It is at 1825 Dunn Ave. in Daytona Beach, and its main line is 386-258-4670.

What is Palm Terrace Elementary’s Florida school grade?

Palm Terrace Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 51% of possible points. It also earned a C in 2025 and 2024.

Which middle and high school does Palm Terrace Elementary feed into?

Nearly all of Palm Terrace’s zone is zoned for Campbell Middle. On the district’s map data, about 71% of its address points are zoned for Mainland High, 27% for Atlantic High and 2% for Seabreeze High.

What time does Palm Terrace Elementary start?

Volusia County elementary schools run from 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with dismissal at 1:30 p.m. on early release days, according to the district.