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Central Florida Prep is an independent, nonprofit college preparatory school in Apopka, just northwest of Orlando, serving students from Montessori through 12th grade on one campus. High school brings honors courses, dual enrollment through Valencia College and personalized college counseling together, and every graduate is accepted to a four-year college or university.
Plenty of schools around Orlando describe themselves as college preparatory. At CFP the phrase has a specific meaning: the college-bound path is the standard program for every student, not a track a few students opt into, and it rests on four things.
Four years of core subjects, honors courses in the upper grades, and regular writing, research and lab work along the way. Electives run from biomedical technology and engineering to performing arts, Spanish and agriculture, so students build a transcript around what they actually want to study.
Qualifying students take college courses through dual enrollment with Valencia College while still at CFP, and graduates leave with college credit already on their transcript, often a full year's worth. The school also has a track record of graduates earning the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship.
College counseling at CFP is personal rather than a senior-year checklist. Course planning, testing, college lists, essays and applications are handled with a counselor who has known the student for years, and small class sizes mean teachers notice early when someone needs more support or more challenge.
The A.N.C.H.O.R.S. values program runs through every grade, and nothing a student does at CFP is considered extracurricular. The habits colleges look for, independence, follow-through and the ability to work with people who aren't like you, are built here on purpose.
High school is where college prep is most visible, because that's when transcripts, test scores and applications come into play. The reading stamina, math fluency and study habits that a rigorous high school schedule depends on are built over many years, which is why CFP teaches the whole span on one campus and why a student who starts here at three is known by name on the day they graduate.
Mixed-age classrooms where children work at their own pace across five learning areas with Montessori-trained educators. The independence and curiosity that make harder work possible later start here, without pressure.
Strong foundations in reading, writing and math, with Project Lead The Way STEM, art, music and Spanish alongside the core academics.
Accelerated course options, more independence with homework and longer projects, and teachers who step in early when someone starts to slip. Middle schoolers leave prepared for a seamless transition into high school.
The college preparatory curriculum, honors courses, dual enrollment and college counseling come together, alongside specialized pathways that let students find a direction before they ever fill out an application.
Students who need structured learning support or gifted enrichment get it on campus through the Bob Flanders Academy, so the college prep path stays open to the way each child learns.
Most college prep programs produce students who are ready for college. CFP wants them to know why they're going. High school students choose from more than ten specialized pathways, including biomedical technology, robotics, aeronautics, engineering essentials, coding and programming, entrepreneurship, video production, graphic design, farm-to-table culinary arts, agriculture, performing arts and high school art, alongside dual enrollment.
The STEM program runs on Project Lead The Way pathways in engineering and biomedical science with AP Computer Science, flight simulation and independent capstone projects, and the farm-to-table culinary program draws on the school's own solar greenhouse. A student here can code a robot in the morning and cook from the garden in the afternoon, and both show up on the college application.
Every CFP graduate is accepted to a four-year college or university, and the average SAT score of 1280 and ACT score of 29 sit well above state and national averages. Recent graduates have enrolled at schools across the country, including these.
VP of Marketing & Digital, Atlantic Records. Class of 2010.
A CFP student from kindergarten through 12th grade, Bianca credits the close-knit environment and dedicated teachers for the confidence to build a career in the music industry at one of the world's premier record labels.
Product Manager, Meta. Class of 2010.
Kassy joined CFP for middle and high school, where personalized attention and rigorous academics set the stage for a career in tech that has included roles at Google and Lyft before leading product initiatives at Meta.
MS Marketing, University of Florida. Class of 2021.
Andrei attended CFP through middle and high school, built a strong academic foundation here and went on to the University of Florida, where he's now pursuing his master's in marketing.
Families often come to CFP because they want strong college outcomes without the feel of a school where students are a number. Small class sizes are how the school keeps its promise: teachers give real written feedback, notice a gap early and know what each student is capable of before the student does.
CFP is accredited by Cognia and the Middle States Association, and is a member of the Association of Independent Schools of Florida and the National Council for Private School Accreditation. You can read how each of those reviews works on the accreditation page, and if you're still deciding what to look for in any college prep school, the parent guide to college preparatory schools walks through the questions to ask on a tour.
Yes. Central Florida Preparatory School is an independent college preparatory school in Apopka, Florida, serving students from a Montessori program for ages 3 to 6 through 12th grade. Its high school program combines honors courses, dual enrollment through Valencia College and personalized college counseling, and 100 percent of graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and universities.
100 percent of Central Florida Prep graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and universities, with an average SAT score of 1280 and an average ACT score of 29. Recent graduates have gone on to schools including Stanford, UCLA, the University of Michigan, New York University, the University of Florida, Florida State, Purdue, Embry-Riddle and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Yes. Qualifying high school students take college courses through Valencia College while still enrolled at Central Florida Prep, earning college credit before graduation. Whether a particular college accepts those credits is decided by that college.
It starts in the early grades. Montessori students ages 3 to 6 work at their own pace across five learning areas, elementary students add Project Lead The Way STEM, art, music and Spanish to core academics, middle school adds accelerated course options, and high school brings together the college preparatory curriculum, honors courses, dual enrollment and college counseling, all on one campus.
Tours are private. Request one through the tour form on this page or call (407) 290-8073, and the admissions team will call you to schedule a time. The campus is at 1800 Marden Road in Apopka, northwest of Orlando, and families come from across the area, including Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Longwood, Lake Mary, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Windermere, Horizon West and Dr. Phillips.
The best way to judge any college preparatory school is to walk through it on a school day. Tours are private and scheduled by phone, and you're welcome to bring every question you have about courses, counseling and where our graduates go.