Portable Classroom Additions and Removals For Each Horizon West School

Orange County Public Schools in Horizon West faced significant overcrowding issues in the 2021-2022 school year, but signs show improvement already occurring for the 2022-2023 school.

OCPS opened up three new schools in Horizon West to relieve overcrowding; Panther Lake Elementary, Hamlin Elementary, and Hamlin Middle.

As a result of the new schools and students being re-zoned to better balance enrollment, portables have been reduced at many schools in Horizon West. In total, OCPS has removed 94 portables throughout Horizon West for the 2022-2023 school year.

Portable breakdown by school:

School	2021-2022 (Total)	Projected for 2022-2023          (Total)	Notes
Bay Lake Elementary	0	0	No change
Castleview Elementary	0	0	No change
Independence Elementary	4	6	adding 2 for 2022-23
Hamlin Elementary	0	0	No change
Keenes Crossing Elementary	24	11	Removing 13 in 2022-23
Panther Lake Elementary	0	0	no change
Summerlake Elementary	14	0	removing 14 in 2022-23
Sunset Park Elementary	13	4	removing 9 in 2022-23
Water Spring Elementary	17	17	no change
Bridgewater Middle	83	13	removing 70 for 2022-23
Hamlin Middle	0	0	no change
Horizon West Middle	10	10	no change
Water Spring Middle	0	2	adding 2 for 2022-23
Windermere High School	12	12	no change
Horizon High	0	8	adding 8 for 2022-23
Total	177	83

The reduction in portables is a significant step forward by OCPS to improve the school environment for each child in Horizon West. The most significant reduction is at Bridgewater Middle, which removed 70 portables and has suffered from the worst overcrowding issues.

Independence Elementary and Water Spring Middle are both receiving 2 additional portables. Water Spring Elementary now stands with the highest number of portables out of all schools at 17. A new relief elementary school, Site 47-E-W-4, is on-schedule for 2024 inside of Waterleigh.