Double Branch Elementary, 31500 Chancey Road: grades K-5, 829 students in 2024-25, an A in 2026, zoned for 20% of Wesley Chapel addresses.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Pasco County Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 bell times, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), boundary maps and rezoning page, Pasco County’s address file, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory.

Double Branch Elementary is the Pasco County Schools elementary school on Chancey Road in Wesley Chapel. Its zone, the largest elementary zone in the Census Bureau’s Wesley Chapel boundary, covers about 20% of the addresses there and splits between two middle and high schools.

Who to call

  • Front office: 813-346-0400, 31500 Chancey Road, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
  • School website: dbes.pasco.k12.fl.us
  • Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment page; district main line 813-794-2000. The East Side enrollment office is on the Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation campus, 32555 Innovation Drive.
  • Bus questions: district Transportation call center, 813-320-2562, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays
Address 31500 Chancey Road, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
Phone 813-346-0400
Grades Kindergarten to 5 (pre-K classes also counted federally)
District Pasco County Schools
State school number 0084
School hours 9:40 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.

Principal

Principal Lisa Grimsley, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 829 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17 students per teacher, according to the NCES school directory.
  • A year earlier: 857 students in 2023-24, in the same directory.

Pasco County Schools counts every school on the 10th day of the year, but its 2026-27 count is published only as countywide totals on its Enrollment Trends page: district-run schools had 2,415 fewer students than a year earlier and charter schools 1,518 more.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns from state test results, learning gains and, for middle schools, middle school acceleration; high schools also earn points for graduation rate and college and career acceleration, according to the Florida Department of Education. In the state’s 2026 file an A takes 62% of possible points or more for an elementary school.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (63% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 C

The share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26, from the same file:

  • Third-grade English language arts: 68%
  • English language arts: 69%
  • Math: 66%
  • Science: 69%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site, state school number 0084. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable 2026 school grades file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s 2026-27 School Boundary Search or the zone map for this school (PDF). Zones in unincorporated Pasco do not follow the Census Bureau’s Wesley Chapel boundary or ZIP codes. Comparing the district’s 2026-27 attendance boundaries with Pasco County’s address file:

None of the boundary changes the School Board approved for 2026-27, listed on the district’s rezoning page, moves current students at this school.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run from 9:40 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with early release at 1:50 p.m., under the district’s 2026-27 approved bell times.

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF), which the School Board approved Nov. 4, 2025:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (teacher planning day)
  • Wednesday, Oct. 28: early release day
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a teacher planning day, so students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break; the last day for students is Friday, May 28, 2027

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Double Branch Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the district’s boundary data; the federal directory also counts pre-K students there. It counted 829 students in the 2024-25 school year.

What is Double Branch Elementary’s school grade?

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

Which middle and high school does Double Branch Elementary feed into?

It splits: about 53% of its zone goes on to John Long Middle and Wiregrass Ranch High, and 47% to Thomas E. Weightman Middle and Wesley Chapel High, by the district’s 2026-27 boundaries.

What time does Double Branch Elementary start?

Classes run 9:40 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with early release at 1:50 p.m., under the district’s 2026-27 bell times.