Public schools in Winter Park, FL

Winter Park has 8 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 5 elementary, enrolling 8,700 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Orange County Public Schools runs 6 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Winter Park's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Winter ParkDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Orange County Public Schools6207,561$11,706
Seminole County Public Schools266,680$10,243

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Winter Park, 5,965 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Winter Park, 2,735 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Winter Park's public schools compare with Florida's

The median Winter Park school has 16.6 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Florida median of 16.8. 13% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 55% across the state. Its median school enrolls 619 students (state 602).

Winter Park against Florida, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Winter ParkFlorida
Median students per teacher16.616.8
Median school size (students)619602
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)13%55%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)63%68%
Charter schools13%18%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 8 Winter Park schools and the 3,929 Florida schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Winter Park

  1. Orange County Public SchoolsRuns 6 of Winter Park's 8 public schools and spent $11,706 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,706
  2. Winter Park High, the largest high school in Winter Park3,277 students in 2024-25, 23.1 per teacher.3,277
  3. Compare Orange County Public Schools with Seminole County Public SchoolsWinter Park's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in FloridaFlorida's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Winter Park addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Florida

  1. Miami276 schools
  2. Orlando205 schools
  3. Jacksonville187 schools
  4. Tampa158 schools
  5. Lakeland58 schools
  6. Pensacola57 schools
  7. Kissimmee53 schools
  8. Tallahassee53 schools

Questions about schools in Winter Park

  1. How many public schools are in Winter Park, FL?
    8 public schools with an address in Winter Park were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 5 elementary, enrolling 8,700 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Winter Park?
    Winter Park High, with 3,277 students in 2024-25 (Orange County Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Winter Park's schools?
    Orange County Public Schools (6 schools), Seminole County Public Schools (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25