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06/10/2022 11:50 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering moving from McLean to the Orlando area.

From my research, the orange county areas of Windemere, Dr. Phillips, and Lake Onano are the best places, but the schools look bad with a lot of poverty.

However, Seminole County Ovideo has ok schools, but the houses are half the price.

What do people in Orlando do with schools? Do the affluent areas go private? How come Seminole County has much better schools than Orange County?

We're currently in a 3.5M house in the McLean area using the excellent public schools

We can afford 2.5M, but it doesn't seem that Oviedo has homes at that price. Only the areas mentioned in Orange County seem to have houses in our higher price range.

Orlando native here. You should live in Winter Park with that budget. People in your shoes send their kids to Lake Highland Prep or Trinity Prep. Both are expensive but less than DC area top privates. I think Winter Park public schools are good and would send my kids there though. They are more economically diverse than public schools in McLean, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

I echo this. Look in winter park, zoned to winter park high school. Even if you send kids to private school. WPHS is a very good school.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:49 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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%

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:49 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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

name              city state  public  acceptances_count  num_senior  accepted_pct
0                     THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL        ALEXANDRIA    VA    True                136      423.00          5.36
1                           SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL        WASHINGTON    DC   False                 27      121.00          3.72
2                         RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL     COCONUT GROVE    FL   False                 32      153.00          3.49
3                            GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL        WASHINGTON    DC   False                 26      125.00          3.47
4                                PINE CREST SCHOOL   FORT LAUDERDALE    FL   False                 39      197.00          3.30
5                                  MCDONOGH SCHOOL      OWINGS MILLS    MD   False                 22      143.00          2.56
6                                    GILMAN SCHOOL         BALTIMORE    MD   False                 17      114.00          2.49
7                                COLLEGIATE SCHOOL          RICHMOND    VA   False                 10      121.00          1.38
8                   RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL         ROCKVILLE    MD    True                 38      482.00          1.31
9                              THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL  NORTH PALM BEACH    FL   False                  8      102.00          1.31
10                                PINE VIEW SCHOOL            OSPREY    FL    True                 18      233.00          1.29
11               CHARLES E SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL         ROCKVILLE    MD   False                  8      107.00          1.25
12                    MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL     SILVER SPRING    MD    True                 46      619.00          1.24
13                                 NORFOLK ACADEMY           NORFOLK    VA   False                  9      130.00          1.15
14                   GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL    NORTH BETHESDA    MD   False                  8      122.00          1.09
15                               THE BOLLES SCHOOL      JACKSONVILLE    FL   False                 12      195.00          1.03
16                        WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL          BETHESDA    MD    True                 26      441.00          0.98
17                  SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL     RIVIERA BEACH    FL    True                 20      358.00          0.93
18                               FLINT HILL SCHOOL            OAKTON    VA   False                  7      134.00          0.87
19                     GONZAGA COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL        WASHINGTON    DC   False                 12      234.00          0.85
20                   WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL           POTOMAC    MD    True                 23      454.00          0.84
21                           EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL        ALEXANDRIA    VA   False                  6      119.00          0.84
22                                    MAST ACADEMY      KEY BISCAYNE    FL    True                  6      121.00          0.83
23                            EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL       GAINESVILLE    FL    True                 13      279.00          0.78
24                     CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL   CHARLOTTESVILLE    VA    True                 13      284.00          0.76
25                NORTH BROWARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL     COCONUT CREEK    FL   False                  9      198.00          0.76
26                EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF JACKSONVILLE      JACKSONVILLE    FL   False                  6      143.00          0.70
27                        BELEN JESUIT PREP SCHOOL             MIAMI    FL   False                  9      220.00          0.68
28                      TRINITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL       WINTER PARK    FL   False                  5      129.00          0.65
29                           PALMER TRINITY SCHOOL      PALMETTO BAY    FL   False                  4      108.00          0.62
30                SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS HIGH SCHOOL        WASHINGTON    DC    True                  5      137.00          0.61
31                   THOMAS S. WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL         ROCKVILLE    MD    True                 19      554.00          0.57
32                           PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL         PENSACOLA    FL    True                 10      295.00          0.56
33                  ST STEPHENS ST AGNES DAYSCHOOL        ALEXANDRIA    VA   False                  4      119.00          0.56
34             SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES - SOUTH             MIAMI    FL    True                  4      120.00          0.56
35  ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS   WEST PALM BEACH    FL    True                 10      331.00          0.50
36                    WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL      PALMETTO BAY    FL   False                  3      103.00          0.49
37             WESTSHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL         MELBOURNE    FL    True                  4      143.00          0.47
38                    NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS             MIAMI    FL    True                  3      108.00          0.46
39                      WALTER JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL          BETHESDA    MD    True                 15      543.00          0.46
40                     FRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE         BALTIMORE    MD   False                  3      111.00          0.45
41                         POOLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL       POOLESVILLE    MD    True                  8      299.00          0.45
42                          RIVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL       CLARKSVILLE    MD    True                  9      340.00          0.44
43                   ST THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL   FORT LAUDERDALE    FL   False                 14      535.00          0.44
44                              WILSON HIGH SCHOOL        WASHINGTON    DC    True                 10      383.00          0.44
45            OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HIGH SCHOOL             OLNEY    MD   False                  8      309.00          0.43
46                          CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL     ELLICOTT CITY    MD    True                  8      335.00          0.40
47                            ATHOLTON HIGH SCHOOL          COLUMBIA    MD    True                  9      381.00          0.39
48                      F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL       GAINESVILLE    FL    True                 12      509.00          0.39
49                           JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL      WILLIAMSBURG    VA    True                  7      299.00          0.39
50                BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL          BETHESDA    MD    True                 11      477.00          0.38
51                          BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL        BLACKSBURG    VA    True                  6      262.00          0.38
52                              MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL            MCLEAN    VA    True                 11      486.00          0.38
53                               LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD         BALTIMORE    MD   False                  4      182.00          0.37
54                      JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL       TALLAHASSEE    FL    True                  5      231.00          0.36
55                       OAKLAND MILLS HIGH SCHOOL          COLUMBIA    MD    True                  5      249.00          0.33
56   POPE JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL          DUMFRIES    VA   False                  3      152.00          0.33
57                     GULLIVER PREPARATORY SCHOOL         PINECREST    FL   False                  5      262.00          0.32
58                             MADISON HIGH SCHOOL            VIENNA    VA    True                  9      478.00          0.31
59                               MONTVERDE ACADEMY         MONTVERDE    FL   False                  3      166.00          0.30
60                             LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL            MCLEAN    VA    True                  9      509.00          0.29
61                         CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL            WESTON    FL    True                 19    1,079.00          0.29
62                             HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL          COLUMBIA    MD    True                  5      288.00          0.29
63                              URBANA HIGH SCHOOL        IJAMSVILLE    MD    True                  6      361.00          0.28
64                BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL        BOCA RATON    FL    True                 12      731.00          0.27
65                  MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL         BALTIMORE    MD   False                  4      246.00          0.27
66                        THE IMG PENDLETON SCHOOL         BRADENTON    FL   False                  3      192.00          0.26
67                               PLANT HIGH SCHOOL             TAMPA    FL    True                  9      579.00          0.26
68                 BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE         BALTIMORE    MD    True                  5      328.00          0.25
69               MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL             MIAMI    FL    True                 10      659.00          0.25
70                   CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL             MIAMI    FL    True                 11      748.00          0.25
71                    WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL       SPRINGFIELD    VA    True                  9      620.00          0.24
72                         PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL       PONTE VEDRA    FL    True                  5      347.00          0.24
73                      WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL         ARLINGTON    VA    True                  7      496.00          0.24
74                    DEMATHA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL       HYATTSVILLE    MD   False                  3      215.00          0.23
75                              HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL     ELLICOTT CITY    MD    True                  6      435.00          0.23
76                   ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL         GREENBELT    MD    True                  8      584.00          0.23
77                       PRINCESS ANNE HIGH SCHOOL    VIRGINIA BEACH    VA    True                  6      443.00          0.23
78                  MIAMI LAKES EDUCATIONAL CENTER       MIAMI LAKES    FL    True                  4      296.00          0.23
79                              NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL            NAPLES    FL    True                  5      373.00          0.22
80     WESTERN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & ENV. SCIENCE         BALTIMORE    MD    True                  3      227.00          0.22
81                             DULANEY HIGH SCHOOL          TIMONIUM    MD    True                  6      454.00          0.22
82                       BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL            BARTOW    FL    True                  5      385.00          0.22
83                        SEVERNA PARK HIGH SCHOOL      SEVERNA PARK    MD    True                  6      465.00          0.22
84                            SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL           HARWOOD    MD    True                  3      235.00          0.21
85                     STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY      JACKSONVILLE    FL    True                  4      314.00          0.21
86                          MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL   CHARLOTTESVILLE    VA    True                  3      237.00          0.21
87                          RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOL       PANAMA CITY    FL    True                  3      238.00          0.21
88                            ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL          ABERDEEN    MD    True                  4      328.00          0.20
89                      CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL    CHRISTIANSBURG    VA    True                  3      247.00          0.20
90                    SOUTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL        HAGERSTOWN    MD    True                  3      250.00          0.20
91                                NOVA HIGH SCHOOL             DAVIE    FL    True                  6      503.00          0.20
92                         WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL       WINTER PARK    FL    True                  9      763.00          0.20
93                          LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL          COLUMBIA    MD    True                  4      344.00          0.19
94                   PAXON SCHOOL/ADVANCED STUDIES      JACKSONVILLE    FL    True                  4      353.00          0.19
95                            PARKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL         SALISBURY    MD    True                  3      267.00          0.19
96                         COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL       COOPER CITY    FL    True                  6      538.00          0.19
97       RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL             DORAL    FL    True                  6      540.00          0.19
98                    NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL         NICEVILLE    FL    True                  5      453.00          0.18
99                           NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL        GERMANTOWN    MD    True                  5      455.00          0.18

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:47 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:43 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Every public school in Florida is going to be worse than the public schools in McLean. Every. Single. One.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:39 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

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

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:38 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 11:19 Subject: Re:Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 10:26 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:56 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider commute. Traffic is awful. Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County). Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia. Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing. Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does. Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school. Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive.

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and can work remotely.

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it.

To be honest we are wealthy but the neighborhood is a mishmash of ramblers and large new builds so it's not visually uniformly wealthy. I am mostly concerned about schools and poverty and whether I need to budget for private schools which will change my housing budget.

Yes, you should. $25k/yr per kid.

ok so whats the point of paying more for the house in winter park and Windemere? Does anyone have input on Ovideo and Hagerty High?

Because those are the nicest places to live in the area? If you’re really considering this, you need to go down there and explore the different areas you’re looking at in person. I’ve never heard of someone spending $2M+ in Oveido, but maybe things have changed. People in that bracket in Florida generally don’t send their kids to public school. They do private everything ($$$$) and I guess save some money by not paying state income tax every year.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:45 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider commute. Traffic is awful. Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County). Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia. Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing. Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does. Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school. Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive.

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and can work remotely.

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it.

To be honest we are wealthy but the neighborhood is a mishmash of ramblers and large new builds so it's not visually uniformly wealthy. I am mostly concerned about schools and poverty and whether I need to budget for private schools which will change my housing budget.

Yes, you should. $25k/yr per kid.

ok so whats the point of paying more for the house in winter park and Windemere? Does anyone have input on Ovideo and Hagerty High?

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:23 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider commute. Traffic is awful. Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County). Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia. Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing. Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does. Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school. Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive.

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and can work remotely.

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it.

To be honest we are wealthy but the neighborhood is a mishmash of ramblers and large new builds so it's not visually uniformly wealthy. I am mostly concerned about schools and poverty and whether I need to budget for private schools which will change my housing budget.

Yes, you should. $25k/yr per kid.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:21 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider commute. Traffic is awful. Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County). Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia. Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing. Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does. Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school. Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive.

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and can work remotely.

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it.

To be honest we are wealthy but the neighborhood is a mishmash of ramblers and large new builds so it's not visually uniformly wealthy. I am mostly concerned about schools and poverty and whether I need to budget for private schools which will change my housing budget.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:19 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

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.

Anonymous

06/10/2022 09:18 Subject: Moving to Orange County FL Orlando from McLean to Windemere, schools are bad? Oviedo is better? Help

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider commute. Traffic is awful. Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County). Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia. Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing. Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does. Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school. Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive.

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and can work remotely.

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it.