Chapel Trail Elementary, 19595 Taft St.: pre-K-5, 539 students on the Aug. 21 count, an A for 2026, and part of the former Panther Run zone.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Broward County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone map, attendance boundaries, Tenth Day Enrollment Count, the district’s May 12 Redefining Our Schools update (PDF), the district’s Oct. 6 Redefining Our Schools workshop presentation (PDF), Broward County’s school boundary map data and city limits map, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Chapel Trail Elementary is the Broward County Public Schools elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 on Taft Street in far west Pembroke Pines, near the Chapel Trail neighborhood. Its zone is almost entirely inside the city, and it grew this year: it took in part of the zone of Panther Run Elementary, which the School Board closed.

Who to call
Address 19595 Taft St., Pembroke Pines, FL 33029
Phone 754-323-5000
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Broward County Public Schools
State school number 2961

Principal

Principal Susan Suarez, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 539 students on Aug. 21, 2026, the 10th day of the 2026-27 school year, including 14 children in pre-K. That is one fewer than on the same day in 2025, according to the district’s Tenth Day Enrollment Count.
  • Federal count: 642 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 students per teacher.
  • Building use: the district’s Redefining Our Schools 2026-27 data report (PDF) counts 539 students in a building with permanent space for 838, or 64.3% full, and lists it among the schools below the School Board’s 70% under-enrollment threshold.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. A school’s grade is the share of possible points it earns on state test results, learning gains and, for high schools, the graduation rate and college and career acceleration. The state’s 2026 file sets an A for an elementary school at 62% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (63% 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:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 75%
  • English language arts: 75%
  • Math: 77%
  • Science: 62%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. The state’s report card is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable grades file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School tool or the Chapel Trail Elementary zone map (PDF).

The 2026-27 change. On Jan. 21, 2026, the School Board consolidated Panther Run Elementary into Chapel Trail and Silver Palms, according to the district’s May 12 Redefining Our Schools update (PDF). The zone map says students in the hatched area “are now assigned to Chapel Trail Elementary.” Elementary students living in the Everglades land west of I-75, out to the Miami-Dade County line, are also assigned to Chapel Trail.

Feeder schools. Comparing the district’s boundaries, the whole Chapel Trail zone, including the former Panther Run area, goes on to Silver Trail Middle and then West Broward High.

Broward County’s boundary map data still draws the zones as they were before the 2026-27 changes, so the feeder patterns on this page apply the district’s 2026-27 changes to that data; the district’s zone maps and Find My School tool are the authority for any address.

The district’s Oct. 6 workshop presentation (PDF) names Chapel Trail as a possible receiving school for some exceptional student education students under a proposal for Dolphin Bay and Silver Lakes elementaries in Miramar. The district plans final Redefining Our Schools recommendations in November and School Board decisions in December 2026.

Calendar and bell times

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
  • Friday, Dec. 18: early release
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5

The school does not post 2026-27 bell times on its website; the front office can confirm them.

Programs

The school’s specialized programs page lists a Spanish-English dual language program, a specialized program for students with autism from pre-K to grade 5, a gifted and high achievers program, applied learning and fine arts, Leader in Me and clubs.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Chapel Trail Elementary serve?

Pre-K to grade 5. It is a Broward County Public Schools school at 19595 Taft St., Pembroke Pines, and its main line is 754-323-5000.

What is Chapel Trail Elementary’s school grade?

An A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 63% of possible points. It also earned an A in 2025 and 2024.

Which middle and high school does Chapel Trail Elementary feed into?

For middle school, Silver Trail Middle; for high school, West Broward High, according to the district’s boundary maps.