College Park Middle School

The attendance zone covers most of the College Park neighborhood — roughly the 32804 zip code north of downtown Orlando, including the streets named after Ivy League universities (Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell) and the surrounding Dubsdread and Edgewater Heights areas. For an address-specific zone confirmation, use the OCPS Find My School tool at ocps.net.

The IB MYP at College Park Middle is a magnet program open to students from any OCPS middle school zone — not just those zoned for College Park. Applications open each fall through OCPS; a 2.5 GPA is recommended; entry is primarily at 6th grade with limited 7th/8th spots. District transportation is provided, unlike most other OCPS middle school magnets. Visit ocps.net for the current application timeline.

Homes in the College Park attendance zone (32804) run roughly K–.5M, with the median sale price near K–K as of early 2026. Craftsman bungalows and smaller ranch homes on interior streets typically come in the K–K range; larger lakefront and golf-course properties near Dubsdread can push M–M+. Average days on market runs around 60–65 days.

College Park as a neighborhood is one of the more established and lower-crime ZIP codes near downtown Orlando. The school follows standard OCPS security protocol — School Resource Officer, controlled campus access during school hours, and ID verification. The surrounding College Park streets are walkable and family-oriented; safety near campus is not a common concern raised by residents.

Both are OCPS middle schools in the Orlando urban core. Glenridge Middle has a higher GreatSchools rating and draws from a more affluent demographic. College Park Middle's differentiator is the IB MYP magnet, which attracts motivated students from across the district. For families buying in the 32804 zone, the IB pathway is the main academic draw; families seeking a higher aggregate test-score environment without the magnet application sometimes target the Glenridge zone instead.