Orange County Public Schools

Clockwise from top left: Village Park ES, Lake Buena Vista HS, Horizon HS, Silver Pines Academy K-12 Learning Center

For the first time since 2009, Orange County Public Schools is opening two high schools at once. Horizon High and Lake Buena Vista High will relieve overcrowding in rapidly growing southwest Orange County, adding about 5,500 seats of high school capacity in the nation’s eighth-largest school district. In addition, a new elementary school and a K-12 school for students with behavioral disorders will also open August 10, the first day of school.

Both high schools will hold Sneak Peek events on Monday, August 2, with Village Park Elementary and Silver Pines Academy K-12 Learning Center opening to the public for visits on Thursday, August 5.

The projects represent a $278 million investment in students by taxpayers, developers and property owners, creating more than 2,055 jobs. The economic impact of the projects in Orange County is $314.9 M. All four schools are built to Green Globes environmental construction standards.

An additional school, Water Spring Middle, will open temporarily in a wing of Horizon High this August while a permanent campus is built. In total, OCPS will have 205 schools for the 2021-22 school year.