Palm Lake Elementary School

The Palm Lake ES attendance zone covers a broad swath of southwest Orlando including Sand Lake Hills, Sand Lake Point, the Palm Lake condominium community, and surrounding streets. The zone is roughly bounded by Sand Lake Road to the north, Turkey Lake Road to the west, and the Dr. Phillips Blvd corridor to the east and south. The zone line cuts through some subdivisions, so confirm your specific address at ocps.net/find-my-school rather than relying on neighborhood name alone.

Palm Lake is a zoned OCPS school — no application or lottery required. If your home address is inside the attendance boundary, your child enrolls automatically. Call the registrar at (407) 354-2610 or visit palmlakees.ocps.net. Bring proof of address, immunization records, and a birth certificate. The Gifted and Talented program requires a separate referral process through the school after enrollment.

Homes inside the Palm Lake ES zone generally run from the high $400s to well over $1M. The bulk of the single-family inventory sits between $500K and $750K, while Sand Lake waterfront properties and lakefront lots in the zone trend higher — some well above $1.5M. The 32819 ZIP median listing price was around $525K in early 2026, but zone-filtered data from school-search platforms puts the average closer to $1.1M given the mix of condos, townhomes, and estate-style homes. For a live filtered list inside this specific boundary, ask Ben.

Palm Lake ES operates under standard OCPS campus-security protocols: controlled access during school hours, visitor ID check at the front office, and a clear sign-in policy. The surrounding Dr. Phillips / Sand Lake corridor is one of Orange County's lower-crime ZIP codes — 32819 is predominantly owner-occupied residential and consistently shows low incident rates in OCPS data. The school has no notable discipline or safety incidents flagged in publicly available state data.

Both are OCPS K-5 schools in the 32819/Dr. Phillips corridor with strong ratings. Palm Lake ES carries a 9/10 GreatSchools rating and the 2005 National Blue Ribbon designation; Sand Lake Elementary has its own strong ratings and serves a different slice of the zone. The practical difference for buyers is geography: your specific address determines which school you're assigned, not your neighborhood name. If the elementary pipeline matters to you, verify the exact zone boundary at ocps.net before going under contract rather than assuming from the neighborhood.