Private or international school website cost in Palm Beach: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Palm Beach County, a private or international school website built by an agency in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton or New York costs, as a 2026 ballpark, between 25 000 and 100 000 USD, often more when a campus film and a rebrand are added. Kolonell builds the admissions journey, the waitlist content, pages for international students and teacher recruitment for a fixed price of 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD. For a school where demand exceeds seats, the site must above all filter and inform families, and the 3-year cost quickly shows where the budget goes.

Palm Beach agencies, New York agencies or Kolonell: who charges what?

The ranges below are prudent and unofficial. They rely on public rate cards of Southeast Florida and New York agencies active with independent schools, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles (often 25 000 USD for New York agencies), published hourly rates (frequently 130 to 220 USD per hour) and rates visible on Upwork.

If your school is preparing a full repositioning, with film, identity and board workshops, a local agency remains the best choice. If the identity already exists and the goal is a clear admissions site that is quick to update, Kolonell is enough: a project manager reachable during your hours, Google Meet calls, a written update every week. The team is based in Senegal (GMT), 4 to 5 hours ahead of Palm Beach depending on the season. Payment is by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff and 50 % at delivery. The tiers are detailed on our international website offer.

How much does the school really spend over three years?

Kolonell maintenance after Premium's 6 months of support is quoted on request: the table uses the same maintenance assumption on both sides.

The main gap comes from the build and the update hours. Require the same lines from every supplier.

What does each tier include for a Palm Beach school?

A parent portal, an online re-enrollment area with signature or a custom application tracking tool is a custom application quoted on request, as is ongoing search work.

What Palm Beach families expect from the site

Since 2020, many families from finance and real estate have settled between Jupiter and Boca Raton, and local press has often described waitlists at independent schools. In Wellington, the winter equestrian season also brings families for several months. The site must therefore:

• Say frankly where seats stand per entry point, and how the waitlist works.
• Publish a precise admissions calendar: application dates, testing, interviews, decisions, re-enrollment contracts.
• Welcome mid-year arrivals, frequent among relocating families.
• Present international students: if the school is SEVP-certified, it can issue Form I-20 for the F-1 visa; the site must never promise a visa outcome.
• Support teacher recruitment, in a tight housing market.

Compliance, the facts only. There is no general federal data protection law, and the Florida Digital Bill of Rights targets very large companies. COPPA concerns services directed at children under 13; FERPA covers institutions funded by the federal Department of Education. International applicants' data (passports, transcripts) should be collected through a secure tool, not a plain form sent by email. Student photos require written parental consent. Display an accreditation (FCIS, NAIS, IB World School) only if it is real. WCAG 2.1 AA remains the technical reference. This is not legal advice.

Questions to ask every supplier

• How many update hours per year are planned, and at what rate?
• Who owns the film and photos produced for the site?
• How are documents sent by international applicants protected?
• Can the admissions team edit deadlines and waitlist pages alone?
• Are the domain and hosting in your name?
• Does the quote list the pages or only a global lump sum?

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Jonathan R., director of enrollment management at an 850-student preschool to grade 12 school with about forty international boarders, compares two offers. A West Palm Beach agency quotes 55 000 USD plus 6 000 USD of film. Kolonell proposes Premium at 8 900 USD; the school books a local videographer for two days at 4 000 USD. In both cases, the school has its pages translated into Spanish and Portuguese for 3 200 USD.

Build, video and languages: 64 200 USD with the agency against 16 100 USD with Kolonell, a 48 100 USD gap. With the same maintenance assumption of 300 USD a month over 30 months (9 000 USD each side), the 3-year totals are 73 200 USD and 25 100 USD. Jonathan sets aside part of the savings for a secure admissions tool for international files.

FAQ

How much does a private school website cost in Palm Beach in 2026?

Expect 25 000 to 100 000 USD with a local or New York agency and 6 000 to 20 000 USD with a freelancer. Kolonell charges a fixed 2 900, 4 900 or 8 900 USD.

Can you handle international applications?

Kolonell writes the pages and connects the school's admissions tool from Growth at 4 900 USD. A custom tracking tool is quoted on request, and the site never promises a visa.

Who shoots the campus film?

The school books a local videographer, often 1 500 to 3 000 USD per day based on published rates. Kolonell does not film on site and integrates the videos supplied.

Can the site be in French?

Yes, a bilingual FR/EN site is included from Premium at 8 900 USD. Other languages are supplied by the school or quoted separately.

How does payment work?

By bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff and 50 % at delivery. On Premium, that means two payments of 4 450 USD.

Let's scope your project. Send us your entry points, your admissions calendar and your languages, and we come back with a fixed-price tier and a 3 to 4 week timeline. Request your free quote or see the international offer.