Dr. Phillips High School

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Dr. Phillips High School
Address
Dr. Phillips High School
6500 Turkey Lake Road

Orlando
,
Florida
32819

United States
Coordinates 28°28′12″N81°28′39″W / 28.47000°N 81.47750°W / 28.47000; -81.47750
Information
Type Public
Motto"Never less than the best!"
Established1987
School district Orange County Public Schools
PrincipalJackie Ramsey
Teaching staff133.00 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Enrollment3,042 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio22.87 [1]
Hours in school day7 hours
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  Carolina Blue
Mascot Florida panther
Team namePanthers
NewspaperThe Panther Post
YearbookPanther
Website www.dphs.ocps.net

Dr. Phillips High School is a public high school in Dr. Phillips, Florida, United States, near Orlando.

Contents

It serves [2] the Dr. Phillips census-designated place (CDP), [3] the Bay Hill CDP, [4] and the residential portion of Lake Buena Vista. [5]

History

Dr. Phillips High School opened in fall of 1987 and was built for about 2,500 students in the Dr. Phillips area of southwest Orange County, Florida.

The campus sits on 55 acres (220,000 m2) in the Orlando city limits and unincorporated Orange County, opposite Universal Orlando. The school serves as a Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Center for International Studies magnet for Orange County Public Schools.

The school's first principal, Bill Spoone, went on to be elected to the Orange County School Board. The football stadium is named after him. The school's gymnasium is named after its second principal, Larry Payne, and is nicknamed "The House of Payne." [6]

The school opened with enrollment above capacity and began using portable classrooms on the North Campus, formerly known as the 9th Grade Center. Due to overflow from main campus, many non-freshman classes were moved into additional portable classrooms at the 9th Grade Center, which was renamed North Campus, with the main campus renamed the South Campus. Portable classrooms are still used on the North Campus and are primarily for freshman-level classes.[ citation needed ]

Since the 2022-2023 school year, most of the portables have been shut down, due to the aging conditions and the possibility of a future renovation. In October 2024, construction workers began to destroy or transport the portables, and most of the area is now rubble and construction sand. As of December 2024, only around eight portables currently remain, awaiting to be destroyed or transported.[ citation needed ]

As of the 2014–15 school year the school had 3,641 students, of whom 35% were white, 32% African American, 24% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 2% multiracial. [7]

The school underwent a series of renovations which finished in 2015. A new building has been added, along with new VPA classrooms on the South Campus.

Athletics

The mascot for Dr. Phillips is the Panther; specifically, the Florida panther. They have many sports including lacrosse, football, baseball, golf, basketball and swimming. The Panthers have won FHSAA state championships in the following sports:

Athletic program accomplishments:

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dr. Phillips High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Dr Phillips High School Zone [ usurped ]" Orange County Public Schools Office of Pupil Assignment. July 31, 2008. Retrieved on April 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Doctor Phillips CDP, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Bay Hill CDP, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lake Buena Vista city, FL." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Orlando Dr. Phillips Athletics - Larry Payne Gymnasium". dpathletics.ocps.net. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Student Teacher Ratio Dr. Phillips High School - Orlando, Florida - FL
  8. ↑ staff. "Baseball 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Phillips basketball beats Dwyer for 1st state title".
  10. ↑ staff. "Girls Basketball 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ staff. "Boys Golf 2014-15 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ staff. "Girls Golf 2014-15 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ staff. "Boys Swimming and Diving 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ staff. "Girls Swimming and Diving 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ staff. "Competitive Cheerleading 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ staff. "Flag Football 2013-2014 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  17. ↑ FHSAA.org | Dr. Phillips, St. Thomas Aquinas, Cardinal Gibbons, Bolles, Rickards, Providence, P.K. Yonge, Oak Hall, FAMU lead FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports award ...
  18. ↑ "Dan Miceli Pitching Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Wayne's Way". Orlando Family Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Alumni Biographies". Orlando D. Phillips Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Johnny Damon Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Meet Coach P".
  23. ↑ "Frosted Tips with Lance Bass: JC Chasez (*NSYNC)". Apple Podcasts. January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  24. ↑ "A. J. Pierzynski Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Ike Charlton". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  26. ↑ "Douglas Gabriel". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  27. ↑ Abbott, Jim (October 27, 2009). "Dr. Phillips grad Mekia Cox talks about working with Michael Jackson". Orlando Sentinel . Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  28. ↑ "Damien Lamont Wilkins". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  29. ↑ Moore, Roger (October 19, 2012). "Great Brit". Orlando Magazine. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  30. ↑ "GOLF; PGA Tour Has Courses For High School Junior". NY Times. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Chris Warren". The Official Site of the Ole Miss Rebels. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  32. ↑ "55 Ray Willis". nccueaglepride.com. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  33. ↑ Christiansen, Kathleen (April 15, 2020). "Dr. Phillips grad stars in Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  34. ↑ "Dee Hart". Alabama Crimson Tide. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  35. ↑ "Denzel Aberdeen - Men's Basketball". Florida Gators.
  36. ↑ "Riley Kugel - Men's Basketball". Florida Gators.
  37. ↑ "Ernest Udeh Jr". Kansas Jayhawks. July 14, 2022.
  38. ↑ "Social media drives Orlando country singer Buddy Brown". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
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