Orlando Schools Guide

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), the countywide district for Orange County, runs the public schools in Orlando.

OCPS lists 208 schools and 201.5k students, a 97.2% graduation rate at its traditional schools, 39 magnet programs and 176 languages spoken by students (Orange County Public Schools). OCPS also lists meals for all students at no charge and arts in every school.

OCPS lists its address as 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando, the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, phone 407-317-3200 (OCPS). Maria F. Vazquez, Ed.D., is the OCPS Superintendent (OCPS Superintendent).

An Orlando child is zoned to an OCPS school by home address, and the district's Find My School tools look that up by directory, map or typed address.

The OCPS School Directory gives each school's address, phone, principal, hours and a map, while the map and text searches return the zoned schools for an Orange County address (OCPS Find My School). The district warns that search results do not reflect rezoning changes approved during the current school year, and next year's attendance zones become available after July 31 each year.

Beyond the zoned school, the OCPS family pages cover school choice, early childhood education through VPK, gifted students, English language learners, students with disabilities, before and afterschool care, and a Find My Bus tool for Orlando bus stops (Orange County Public Schools). The same menu links school bell times and school rezoning pages.

OCPS enrollment is online and takes most families about 20 minutes once documents are ready. New families create an account at onlineenrollment.ocps.net; current OCPS families log in to Parent Portal or LaunchPad and open Online Registration; after submission the school reviews the application and follows up by email if anything is missing (OCPS How to Enroll).

OCPS asks for the child's birth certificate, proof of residency, a parent or guardian photo ID, immunization records on Form 680 or 681, proof of a physical exam, academic records or the last report card when transferring, and an IEP or 504 plan if one applies (OCPS). Orange County families who cannot upload can bring copies to the school to be scanned, and the district says no family is turned away.

The Orange County School Board has eight members, seven elected from districts and a countywide Chair, currently Teresa Jacobs, and it appoints the OCPS superintendent.

OCPS board members serve four-year terms, and each district member must live in the district represented. Four OCPS members are elected with the presidential election and four, including the Chair, with the gubernatorial election (OCPS School Board). Teresa Jacobs became Chair in November 2018 after serving as Orange County Mayor from 2010 to 2018.

The current Orange County School Board mixes newer and longer-serving members. Angie Gallo was first elected for District 1 in 2018, Melissa Byrd for District 7 in 2018, Alicia Farrant for District 3 in 2022 and Stephanie Vanos for District 6 in 2024 (OCPS School Board members). The board sets OCPS policy and meets requirements set by the Florida Legislature and State Board of Education rules, and members act only when the board meets in official session with a quorum present.

Orange County School Board meetings are open to the public under Florida's Sunshine Law, except bargaining sessions, executive sessions on pending litigation and closed sessions on safety or cybersecurity plans. Meetings are live-streamed and tape-delayed on YouTube and Orange TV, and agendas and documents are posted in BoardDocs (OCPS School Board).

Florida's 2026 school grades and district grades, the official letter grades for OCPS schools and the district, are posted by the Florida Department of Education.

The Florida Department of Education posts 2026 school grades and district grades as spreadsheets, along with 2026 School Improvement Ratings; its School Grades Results Packet and a Grading Scale Changes Overview were both updated September 8, 2026 (Florida Department of Education school grades). For Orlando and every other Florida district, the same page links a Guide to Calculating School Grades, District Grades and the Federal Percent of Points Index, and a 2027 school grades calendar.

OCPS keeps school report cards, school improvement plans and a school grades page in its own navigation, and its Find My School directory links each Orlando school's website (OCPS Find My School).

Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida (UCF), the largest university by enrollment in Florida, and to Valencia College, which lists an Orlando mailing address.

UCF reported Fall 2025 enrollment of 70,674 students and offers 250 degree programs, including 112 bachelor's and 98 master's programs. Besides its main campus 13 miles east of downtown Orlando, UCF has the Rosen College of Hospitality Management off International Drive and a campus in downtown Orlando (UCF Facts). UCF construction began in January 1967 and first classes were held in October 1968 with 1,948 students.

Valencia College reports total enrollment of 75,346 students during 2024-25, more than 150 degree and certificate programs, and 8,826 associate and bachelor's degree graduates (Valencia College).

The Orlando schools section has no deeper Digital Towns guides of its own yet, so this hub answers the main questions and points to the official OCPS and state tools.

The Orlando town profile covers the city's population and neighborhoods, and the Orlando real estate guides describe areas such as Lake Nona and College Park. Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the Orange County Public Schools and Florida Department of Education websites.