Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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Anonymous wrote:High schools in DC,VA,MD,FL sorted by average % of seniors accepted in ivy league schools.

Note, this is acceptances from 2015-2020.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Where as McLean is 8% and Hagerty is 19%. It's interesting that the DC area despite being so liberal has the most segregation

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Yes, I meant the dc area is much wealthier on the whole, which is why suburban dc schools are better. Winter Park is widely considered to be the best part of the Orlando area. Public schools there are considered to be good. I think motivated, smart kids would do well in any winter park public school. But I am not googling farms rates. Most good students are aiming for in state at UF or maybe Emory. It’s different than nova.

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Anonymous wrote:Why Orlando area? Is this a job related move?

Job-related and we want to move to a more affordable area. The DC area is getting too expensive.

You live in a 3.5M house and DC is too expensive??!!!

Have you lived in Central Florida before? It’s going to be a culture shock. Even private schools are going to be not really that academic, Florida is basically a state of hedonists. Just plan on going private, and still understand it won’t be anything like the education you would get at a DC private or McLean school

Lol, you people are ridiculous. I grew up in Central Florida, went to Winter Springs High School, took the same AP classes kids at McLean take (probably more!), went to an Ivy, moved to DC and had absolutely no culture shock. Winter Springs is a pretty wealthy area and I spent my childhood playing tennis, going to ballet lessons, going to the (fantastic) Orlando Science Center, the Orlando Art Museum, going to performances at the Bob Carr Theatre, taking part in the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and traveling to Europe on vacation. You think you are so above everyone else but sound sheltered, dumb, and unsophisticated.

Well said.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Yes, I meant the dc area is much wealthier on the whole, which is why suburban dc schools are better. Winter Park is widely considered to be the best part of the Orlando area. Public schools there are considered to be good. I think motivated, smart kids would do well in any winter park public school. But I am not googling farms rates. Most good students are aiming for in state at UF or maybe Emory. It’s different than nova.

How can there be 35% farms and winter park bean exclusive area?

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According to google, McLean HS has fewer than 300 students. The WPHS graduating class this year has a class of close to 800. It’s almost impossible to compare the stats when you’re talking about such differences in school size. WP has rigorous academic programs, and the kids in those programs compete for top grades. It his highly competitive among the subset. But not across nearly 1000 students.

It also offers more in the way of athletics and extracurricular activities than a school of 250 students can offer.

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Anonymous wrote:According to google, McLean HS has fewer than 300 students. The WPHS graduating class this year has a class of close to 800. It’s almost impossible to compare the stats when you’re talking about such differences in school size. WP has rigorous academic programs, and the kids in those programs compete for top grades. It his highly competitive among the subset. But not across nearly 1000 students.

It also offers more in the way of athletics and extracurricular activities than a school of 250 students can offer.

Your numbers are wrong. McLean HS total population is over 2100 students. That's more like 500-600 per class size. Still smaller, but much closer to 800.

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Anonymous wrote:Why Orlando area? Is this a job related move?

Job-related and we want to move to a more affordable area. The DC area is getting too expensive.

You live in a 3.5M house and DC is too expensive??!!!

Have you lived in Central Florida before? It’s going to be a culture shock. Even private schools are going to be not really that academic, Florida is basically a state of hedonists. Just plan on going private, and still understand it won’t be anything like the education you would get at a DC private or McLean school

Lol, you people are ridiculous. I grew up in Central Florida, went to Winter Springs High School, took the same AP classes kids at McLean take (probably more!), went to an Ivy, moved to DC and had absolutely no culture shock. Winter Springs is a pretty wealthy area and I spent my childhood playing tennis, going to ballet lessons, going to the (fantastic) Orlando Science Center, the Orlando Art Museum, going to performances at the Bob Carr Theatre, taking part in the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and traveling to Europe on vacation. You think you are so above everyone else but sound sheltered, dumb, and unsophisticated.

PP here. I’m from Central Florida. Sure there are pockets of wealth, but again it’s more akin to staying a resort in a 3rd world country then a more uniform educated area. You are probably younger than me too and benefitted from the post 2000 real estate and economic boom.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Yes, I meant the dc area is much wealthier on the whole, which is why suburban dc schools are better. Winter Park is widely considered to be the best part of the Orlando area. Public schools there are considered to be good. I think motivated, smart kids would do well in any winter park public school. But I am not googling farms rates. Most good students are aiming for in state at UF or maybe Emory. It’s different than nova.

How can there be 35% farms and winter park bean exclusive area?

Apartments, rentals, less expensive neighborhoods in the school zone. Florida is less economically segregated than this area. People who want that experience for their kids there send them to private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Why Orlando area? Is this a job related move?

Job-related and we want to move to a more affordable area. The DC area is getting too expensive.

You live in a 3.5M house and DC is too expensive??!!!

Have you lived in Central Florida before? It’s going to be a culture shock. Even private schools are going to be not really that academic, Florida is basically a state of hedonists. Just plan on going private, and still understand it won’t be anything like the education you would get at a DC private or McLean school

Lol, you people are ridiculous. I grew up in Central Florida, went to Winter Springs High School, took the same AP classes kids at McLean take (probably more!), went to an Ivy, moved to DC and had absolutely no culture shock. Winter Springs is a pretty wealthy area and I spent my childhood playing tennis, going to ballet lessons, going to the (fantastic) Orlando Science Center, the Orlando Art Museum, going to performances at the Bob Carr Theatre, taking part in the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and traveling to Europe on vacation. You think you are so above everyone else but sound sheltered, dumb, and unsophisticated.

PP here. I’m from Central Florida. Sure there are pockets of wealth, but again it’s more akin to staying a resort in a 3rd world country then a more uniform educated area. You are probably younger than me too and benefitted from the post 2000 real estate and economic boom.

Okay, troll <3

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Yes, I meant the dc area is much wealthier on the whole, which is why suburban dc schools are better. Winter Park is widely considered to be the best part of the Orlando area. Public schools there are considered to be good. I think motivated, smart kids would do well in any winter park public school. But I am not googling farms rates. Most good students are aiming for in state at UF or maybe Emory. It’s different than nova.

How can there be 35% farms and winter park bean exclusive area?

Apartments, rentals, less expensive neighborhoods in the school zone. Florida is less economically segregated than this area. People who want that experience for their kids there send them to private schools.

Most places in the US are less segregated by income than the DC area. Especially in "affordable" places.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents have lived in Winter Springs for almost 40 years now (they moved when I graduated high school, so I have only lived shorter periods with them). But my mother has been a realtor in the Orlando area for nearly 40 years.

Seminole County schools are good because it is like Howard County in MD. It is less dense and more spread out and there is a higher average wealth in each school. Each school is good to very good, but there are limited exceptional schools (for public). Additionally, not as many students (about 66K) Orange County is more like Montgomery County. It has some very wealthy enclaves and it also has some much poorer areas. So you'll have a handful of exceptional schools (again, on the public scale), but you'll also have some mediocre and some poor schools.

As one PP mentioned, Winter Park is like the W schools in MCPS.

Is the DC area spoiled with good schools? Maybe thats the problem.

And more segregated

It’s full of high income people whose kids do well in school, which is why the schools are better.

Looking at the farms rate in windemere and winter park high school they are in the 35%

Yes, I meant the dc area is much wealthier on the whole, which is why suburban dc schools are better. Winter Park is widely considered to be the best part of the Orlando area. Public schools there are considered to be good. I think motivated, smart kids would do well in any winter park public school. But I am not googling farms rates. Most good students are aiming for in state at UF or maybe Emory. It’s different than nova.

How can there be 35% farms and winter park bean exclusive area?

Apartments, rentals, less expensive neighborhoods in the school zone. Florida is less economically segregated than this area. People who want that experience for their kids there send them to private schools.

Most places in the US are less segregated by income than the DC area. Especially in "affordable" places.

It's very ironic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why Orlando area? Is this a job related move?

Job-related and we want to move to a more affordable area. The DC area is getting too expensive.

You live in a 3.5M house and DC is too expensive??!!!

Have you lived in Central Florida before? It’s going to be a culture shock. Even private schools are going to be not really that academic, Florida is basically a state of hedonists. Just plan on going private, and still understand it won’t be anything like the education you would get at a DC private or McLean school

Lol, you people are ridiculous. I grew up in Central Florida, went to Winter Springs High School, took the same AP classes kids at McLean take (probably more!), went to an Ivy, moved to DC and had absolutely no culture shock. Winter Springs is a pretty wealthy area and I spent my childhood playing tennis, going to ballet lessons, going to the (fantastic) Orlando Science Center, the Orlando Art Museum, going to performances at the Bob Carr Theatre, taking part in the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and traveling to Europe on vacation. You think you are so above everyone else but sound sheltered, dumb, and unsophisticated.

+ 1 PP, well done.

Same - the DC area always cracks me up with how up their own @sses everyone here is. I've lived here for 20 years and still crack up at how so many UMC people here think they are the most sophisticated, well-educated people on earth. I enjoy the resources of the area, but we work hard to make sure our kids don't turn into snobby a-holes and recognize how lucky they are and that other people have just as much value as they do in the world.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why Orlando area? Is this a job related move?

Job-related and we want to move to a more affordable area. The DC area is getting too expensive.

You live in a 3.5M house and DC is too expensive??!!!

Have you lived in Central Florida before? It’s going to be a culture shock. Even private schools are going to be not really that academic, Florida is basically a state of hedonists. Just plan on going private, and still understand it won’t be anything like the education you would get at a DC private or McLean school

Lol, you people are ridiculous. I grew up in Central Florida, went to Winter Springs High School, took the same AP classes kids at McLean take (probably more!), went to an Ivy, moved to DC and had absolutely no culture shock. Winter Springs is a pretty wealthy area and I spent my childhood playing tennis, going to ballet lessons, going to the (fantastic) Orlando Science Center, the Orlando Art Museum, going to performances at the Bob Carr Theatre, taking part in the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and traveling to Europe on vacation. You think you are so above everyone else but sound sheltered, dumb, and unsophisticated.

PP here. I’m from Central Florida. Sure there are pockets of wealth, but again it’s more akin to staying a resort in a 3rd world country then a more uniform educated area. You are probably younger than me too and benefitted from the post 2000 real estate and economic boom.

DP. So, basically, your frame of reference for Florida is the 90’s? Do you think it’s possible that the area has changed a bit over the last 30 years? Do you have any idea what a crime-ridden backwater DC was 30 years ago?

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Take the advice of sending your kids to private, please.