Winter Park High School

Winter Park High School
Location
2100 Summerfield Road Winter Park , Florida 32792 United States
Coordinates	28°35′06″N81°19′23″W / 28.5851°N 81.32293°W / 28.5851; -81.32293
Information
Type	Public
Established	1927
School district	Orange County Public Schools
Superintendent	Barbara Jenkins
Principal	Michael Meechin [1]
Faculty	154.00 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,369 (2022–23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	21.88 [2]
Color(s)	Orange and Black
Mascot	Willie the Wildcat
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	www.wphs.ocps.net

Winter Park High School (often simply abbreviated as WPHS) located in Winter Park, Florida, United States is one of nineteen public high schools in Orange County. Winter Park High School is an International Baccalaureate school and delivers Advanced Placement courses.

History

Winter Park High School was constructed at 528 Huntington Avenue in 1923 and was one of the first high schools in Orange County. The school remained in this location until construction began in 1969 at the present location (2100 Summerfield Road). ^[3] The original campus remains in use to this day as the Winter Park High School Ninth Grade Center, a campus exclusively used by ninth-grade students.

Athletics

The following sports are offered at Winter Park: ^[4]

• Athletic Training
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cheerleading
• Crew
• Cross country running
• Flag football
• Football
• Golf
• Lacrosse
• Quiz Bowl
• Soccer
• Softball
• Special Olympics
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track and field
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Notable alumni

• Rafael Araujo-Lopes (2014), American football player ^{[5] [6]}
• Amanda Bearse, actress
• Jack Billingham, baseball player (MLB)
• Torrey DeVitto, actress
• Thomas Dodd, Digital artist and photographer
• George Eddy, American-French basketball commentator and professional basketball player
• Billy Gardell (1987), comedian and actor (star of Mike & Molly)
• Keith Gill (1990), sports administrator: Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference
• Hank Green (1998), videoblogger and entrepreneur
• John Hart, baseball executive (MLB)
• Davey Johnson, baseball player and manager (MLB)
• Arielle Kebbel, actress
• Kostya Kimlat, magician
• Kilo Kish (2008), American rapper and visual artist ^[7]
• Beth Littleford, comedian and actress
• Dax McCarty, soccer player – attended Winter Park from 2001 to 2003
• Paul McGowan, football player (1987 Butkus Award Winner)
• Bret Munsey, football coach (Arena)
• Jo Ann Pflug (1958), actress ^[8]
• Stan Pietkiewicz, basketball player (NBA)
• Wes Platt (1984), journalist and computer game designer
• Austin Rivers (2011), basketball player, ^[9] Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
• Jeremiah Rivers (2006), basketball player ^[10]
• Ben Rock, filmmaker
• Aidan Warner (2023), college football quarterback ^[11]

References

1. "Winter Park High - School Information". winterparkhs.ocps.net. Archived from the original on August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
2. "Winter Park High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
3. "Home - Winter Park Hs". winterparkhs.ocps.net.
4. WPHS Planner 2008. Winter Park High School.
5. Hays, Chris (February 11, 2014). "The Prospector: Winter Park's RaRa Lopes clinging to hope". OrlandoSentinel.com.
6. Hays, Chris (May 12, 2015). "Chase is over for RaRa Lopes, who will sign with Pitt this week". orlandosentinel.com.
7. Morell, Casey. "Avant-rapper Kilo Kish on her Winter Park start and her Brooklyn breakout". Orlando Weekly.
8. Winter Park High School Yearbooks Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
9. "Austin Rivers, 2011 Shooting Guard, Duke". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
10. "Jeremiah Rivers, 2006 Point Guard, Georgetown". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
11. Baker, Matt (November 2, 2024). "Can Florida rally around Aidan Warner? DJ Lagway injury complicates Billy Napier chatter". The Athletic. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

External links

• Official website