Winter Park High School

The zone covers most of the City of Winter Park (ZIP 32789), Audubon Park in southeast Orlando (ZIP 32803), and Baldwin Park (ZIP 32814). Elementary feeder schools include Audubon Park School, Baldwin Park Elementary, Dommerich, Brookshire, Cheney, Lakemont, and several others. Middle feeders are Glenridge Middle and Maitland Middle. For address-specific zone confirmation, use the OCPS boundary lookup at ocps.net or ask Ben before making an offer — the IB program is zone-restricted, so the boundary matters more here than at most OCPS schools.

Unlike most OCPS IB programs, Winter Park's is available to zoned students only — there's no district-wide application. You must live inside the WPHS attendance boundary. Within that, IB applicants are evaluated on GPA (7th-8th grade), Algebra I completion (Diploma track), test scores, teacher recommendations, and a self-interview video. Applications typically open in fall for the following year. The Career-Related Programme (CP) has its own criteria and offers Biomedical Sciences or Digital Video Production pathways. Check winterparkhs.ocps.net for current dates.

The zone spans a wide price range. Audubon Park bungalows and smaller Winter Park in-fills run $450K-$650K. Winter Park proper (lakefront, Park Avenue corridor, older brick-street neighborhoods) runs $650K-$2M+. Baldwin Park new-construction townhomes start around $550K; larger single-family homes there hit $700K-$900K. The citywide median as of early 2026 is approximately $619K (Creegan Group, March 2026). Days on market average 57 — the market has softened from its 2022 peak, which is the best buying window in several years for families targeting this zone.

The campus carries the standard OCPS security posture — School Resource Officer, controlled access during the day, ID badge requirements. The surrounding City of Winter Park consistently ranks as one of the lower-crime municipalities in Orange County, which is a large part of why property values in the zone hold a premium. The school's 98% graduation rate and strong IB enrollment suggest a campus culture that's academically focused rather than one dealing with significant discipline issues. Standard due-diligence applies: check OCPS's annual school safety report for current incident data.

Winter Park and Edgewater are both OCPS high schools with IB programs, but they're different schools serving different zones. Winter Park ranks roughly 64th in Florida; Edgewater ranks lower on state assessments. Winter Park's zone (brick-street Winter Park, Audubon Park, Baldwin Park) is higher-priced than Edgewater's College Park/Ivanhoe-area zone. Winter Park's IB is zone-restricted; Edgewater's is open to applicants district-wide. Families who want IB without relocating — and are already in the Edgewater zone — can apply to Edgewater's program from anywhere in OCPS. Buyers targeting the IB zone-lock should note only Winter Park operates that way.