Orange County Public Schools celebrated 45 schools designated as Schools of Excellence and ten schools were added to the list for the 2022-23 school year.
The State Board of Education approved the list of Schools of Excellence for the 2022-23 school year. Forty-five schools in OCPS all around Orlando earned the Schools of Excellence designation. This includes 10 schools that were added to the list based on their 2022-23 informational baseline grades.
To become a School of Excellence a school must score in the 80th percentile or higher of possible points earned in its school grade within the same grade groupings (i.e., elementary, middle, high and combination) for at least two of the last three school years.
The 35Â schools that were designated as a School of Excellence for the 2021-22 school year retained their status for the 2022-23 school year.
OCPS Schools of Excellence are:
| Avalon Elementary
Baldwin Park Elementary Bay Lake Elementary Brookshire Elementary Columbia Elementary Deerwood Elementary Dommerich Elementary Dr. Phillips Elementary Eagle Creek Elementary Hillcrest Elementary Hunters Creek Elementary Independence Elementary Keenes Crossing Elementary Lake Whitney Elementary Laureate Park Elementary |
Moss Park Elementary
Northlake Park Community ES Orlando Gifted Academy Palm Lake Elementary Stone Lakes Elementary Sun Blaze Elementary Thornebrooke Elementary Timber Lakes Elementary Tildenville Elementary West Creek Elementary Westbrooke Elementary Wetherbee Elementary Whispering Oak Elementary Windermere Elementary Wolf Lake Elementary
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Arbor Ridge K-8
Audubon Park School Wedgefield School Blankner K-8 Windy Ridge K-8 Avalon Middle Bridgewater Middle Discovery Middle Howard Middle Hunters Creek Middle Innovation Middle Sunridge Middle Timber Springs Middle Timber Creek High  |
The Schools of Excellence program was established in 2017 by the Florida Legislature to recognize the state’s highest-performing schools.
