Schools in Orlando
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) earned an 'A' district grade from the Florida Department of Education for the third consecutive year in 2025-26, with 101 of its traditional schools earning an individual A rating (up from 96 the prior year) and 78% of schools earning an A or B, with no schools receiving a D or F. OCPS is also one of the largest school districts in the country, serving nearly 208,000 students across 214 K-12 schools, though local reporting has flagged a continued enrollment decline trend across the district.
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Learn moreDistrict Grade: Three Consecutive Years at "A"
Orange County Public Schools earned an 'A' district grade from the Florida Department of Education for the 2025-26 school year -- its third consecutive year at that grade, per district reporting and West Orange Times & Observer coverage of the 2026 statewide school-grade release. This is a genuine, multi-year track record rather than a single-year outlier.
Individual School Performance Within the District
101 traditional OCPS schools earned an individual 'A' rating for 2025-26, up from 96 the prior year, and 78% of schools earned an A or B overall (up from 76% in 2024-25) -- with no OCPS schools receiving a D or F rating. That is a genuinely strong distribution, though it still means roughly 22% of schools graded C or below; for a specific address, check the individual school's current Florida DOE grade or GreatSchools rating directly rather than relying on the district-level figure alone.
District Scale
OCPS serves nearly 208,000 students (one source cited 206,815) across 214 K-12 schools as of the 2025-26 school year, per the district's own enrollment reporting -- one of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment. Exact counts vary slightly by source and reporting date, as is normal with any large district's year-to-year figures.
A Real, Disclosed Enrollment-Decline Trend
Separately, Orange County Department of Education reporting (from local newsroom coverage, not OCPS itself) has flagged continued enrollment declines across the county, mirroring state and national trends. This is worth stating plainly alongside the district's strong grade performance -- a district can be improving on academic-quality metrics (grades, graduation rates) while also seeing its overall enrollment trend downward, and the two facts are not in conflict.
A Note on What This Page Deliberately Does Not Claim
This page speaks at the district level because that is what could be honestly sourced this pass. It does not name or rate individual Orlando-area schools -- individual school ratings vary meaningfully by specific neighborhood within a 214-school district, and a single generic 'Orlando schools are good/bad' claim at the city level would misrepresent that real variation. Parents evaluating a specific home purchase or rental should look up the assigned school(s) for that address via the Florida DOE school grades database or GreatSchools before treating any district-level statistic as decisive.
Key takeaways
- OCPS earned an 'A' district grade from the Florida DOE for 2025-26 -- its third consecutive year at that grade.
- 101 traditional schools earned an individual A rating (up from 96); 78% of schools earned an A or B (up from 76%); no schools received a D or F.
- OCPS serves nearly 208,000 students across 214 K-12 schools, one of the largest districts in the U.S. by enrollment.
- Local reporting has also flagged a continued district-wide enrollment decline, mirroring state and national trends -- a real, disclosed fact alongside the strong grade performance.
- This page intentionally does not name or rate individual schools -- check the Florida DOE school grades database or GreatSchools for any specific address before deciding.
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