Orange County Public Schools for Windermere, Winter Garden, and Dr. Phillips

Orange County Public Schools for Windermere, Winter Garden, and Dr. Phillips

Residents of Windermere, Winter Garden, and Dr. Phillips in west Orange County, FL enjoy some of the state’s finest, most highly rated public schools. All are known not just for their academic excellence and great facilities, but also for their involved parents, teachers, administrators, and communities, as well as robust extracurricular offerings. It’s just one of many reasons these Central Florida regions in the Orlando area are among the most desirable family locations in Florida.

If you decide to put down roots here, your children will be zoned for some of the following Orange County Public Schools (as of the 2016-2017 academic year). Take a look at their impressive Florida Department of Education school grades and GreatSchools scores.

Windermere, Winter Garden, & Dr. Phillips Elementary Schools 

These are the 14 excellent K-5 elementary schools serving residents of Windermere, Winter Garden, and Dr. Phillips:

  • Bay Lake Elementary School: This is a brand new, just-built elementary school in Windermere, first opened for the 2016-2017 school year. 
  • Bay Meadows Elementary School: Located within the Orlando city limits, this school earned an A rating for more than 15 years in a row and has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Phillips Elementary School: Serving Dr. Phillips residents, this school has received all As for about 15 years and has a 10/10 Greatschools rating. 
  • Independence Elementary School: Another brand new school on the list, this Winter Garden school earned an A rating in its first year open, from 2015-2016.
  • Keene’s Crossing Elementary School: Since opening in the 2009-2010 academic year, this school in Windermere has received mostly As and a few Bs and has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Lake Whitney Elementary School: This Winter Garden school is almost always an A school (and otherwise, rarely a B) going back more than 10 years, and it has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Palm Lake Elementary School: Only once has this Orlando school gotten a B grade in more than 15 academic periods, with all As otherwise, and it has a 9/10 Greatschools rating.
  • Sand Lake Elementary School: This Orlando school has received mostly As with the occasional B since opening during the 2006-2007 school year, and has a 9/10 Greatschools rating.
  • SunRidge Elementary School: Since opening in the 2012-2013 school year, this Winter Garden school’s been given Bs and Cs and has a 6/10 Greatschools rating. 
  • Sunset Park Elementary School: Every year since opening in the 2007-2008 academic period, this school in Windermere consistently earns an A grade and has an 8/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Thornebrooke Elementary School: Just north of Windermere, in Ocoee, FL, this school received its 13th consecutive A grade in 2016 and has a 10/10 Greatschools rating.
  • Tildenville Elementary School: This Winter Garden School has received mostly As, with the occasional B and C over the years, and it has an 8/10 Greatschools rating. 
  • Whispering Oak Elementary School: Located in Winter Garden, this school has received all As for more than a decade and has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Windermere Elementary School: Earning only A grades for more than 10 years in a row, this Windermere school has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.

Windermere, Winter Garden, & Dr. Phillips Middle Schools

People living in Windermere, Winter Garden, or Dr. Phillips are zoned for one of these six stellar middle schools:

  • Bridgewater Middle School: This school in Winter Garden has earned only As since opening in the 2007-2008 school year and has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Chain of Lakes Middle School: Earning mostly A grades for more than 10 years, this Orlando school has a 7/10 GreatSchools rating and serves only a small portion of these communities.
  • Lakeview Middle School: This Winter Garden school has received a few Bs lately, but mostly has a long string of As for many years, and it has a 6/10 Greatschools rating.
  • Gotha Middle School: With a track record of more than a decade of A ratings, this school in Windermere has an 8/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • Southwest Middle School: Located in Orlando, here’s another school with over 10 years of A grades, and it has an 8/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • SunRidge Middle School: The newest 6-8 on the list, this Winter Garden school has received only As since opening in the 2012-2013 academic year and has a 10/10 GreatSchools rating.

Windermere, Winter Garden, & Dr. Phillips High Schools

Three top high schools serve residents of Windermere, Winter Garden, and Dr. Phillips; a fourth is currently under development as a relief school for West Orange High School.

  • Phillips High School: This 9-12 in Dr. Phillips bounces back and forth between As and B, and it has a 5/10 Greatschools rating.
  • Olympia High School: Earning mostly As and a few Bs over the past decade, this school in the Orlando city limits has an 8/10 GreatSchools rating. 
  • West Orange High School: This Winter Garden school has earned As and Bs for a number of years in a row, and it has a 5/10 GreatSchools rating.
  • West Orange relief high school: A new high school is in the works in Windermere.

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In addition to being a licensed real estate broker with her own brokerage, a certified Short Sale Specialist, a Certified Negotiation Expert and having her GRI (the nation’s number one real estate designation), Deb was a former Windermere Preparatory School teacher, is a mother of two, and an active local community member. Her family’s home positions her well to help you find your family’s home in the Windermere - Winter Garden area.

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