Orlando vs Belle Isle vs Winter Park vs Maitland: taxes and schools

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: the Florida Department of Revenue’s 2025 municipal report and millage table, Orange County’s FY 2027 millage summary (PDF), Orange County Public Schools’ Find My School zones for 2026-27, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, Zillow Research, the Census Bureau’s QuickFacts and each city’s own website.

Belle Isle is the nearest incorporated city to Orlando’s center, about 7 miles away, and Winter Park and Maitland are the nearest cities of more than 5,000 people after Belle Isle inside Orange County, about 14 and 17 miles from the Census Bureau’s center point for Orlando. (St. Cloud and Kissimmee are slightly closer but are in Osceola County, with a different county government and school district.) Because all four cities on this page are in Orange County, they share the same county and school district tax rates, so the city rate and city services are what differ.

What this means for you

• Same county, same school district. All four pay Orange County’s 4.4347-mill countywide rate and the Orange County School Board’s 6.449 mills (2025).
• City rates differ by about 2.6 mills, from 4.0923 in Winter Park to 6.65 in Orlando, for the 2025 tax year. On $300,000 of taxable value, 1 mill is $300 a year.
• Schools follow the street address. Parts of Winter Park and Maitland are zoned for Edgewater High, an Orlando school, and some Orlando homes are zoned for Winter Park High.

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Property tax rates

Florida rates are in mills: $1 of tax for every $1,000 of taxable value. All figures below are for the 2025 tax year (the bills mailed in the fall of 2025), the latest year the state’s data covers for every city.

The operating rates are from the Department of Revenue’s 2025 municipal report. Winter Park’s voted debt rate is from its millage ordinance for fiscal 2025-26, which pays for general obligation bonds voters approved in 2016. Maitland’s is from its proposed fiscal 2025-26 budget summary. Belle Isle’s rate rose from 4.4018 mills for 2024 to 4.7845 for 2025, the state’s report shows; the other three cities’ rates did not change between the two years.

City tax rates in a chart

Rates all four share

The library district, the water management district and any special district add smaller amounts, and your TRIM notice lists each levy for your parcel. For the City of Orlando’s 2026-27 budget, the city proposed keeping 6.65 mills; details are in our property taxes guide.

Homestead exemption. Florida sets it, so it is the same in all four cities: up to $50,000 off a homestead’s taxable value, with the Save Our Homes cap on yearly increases, the Department of Revenue says. Cities may also grant an additional senior homestead exemption. The state’s 2025 municipal report shows senior exemption value on the rolls in Orlando, Winter Park and Belle Isle and none in Maitland.

High schools

All four cities are in Orange County Public Schools. The high school depends on the address. For Orlando, the shares below are of the city’s issued residential addresses; for the three smaller cities, they are shares of each city’s land area within Census city limits, sampled against the district’s 2026-27 zone layer.

Grades are the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the same year for every school; each name links to the school’s state report card. A very small share of Orlando homes, 0.2%, is zoned for Lake Buena Vista High, graded A. Our schools guide covers calendars and enrollment.

Home values

From the Zillow Home Value Index by city, the same month for all four. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price.

Home values in a chart

People, income and commute

All figures are from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, the same vintage for all four, and can be checked on QuickFacts. The Census median home value is what owners estimate their home is worth, a different measure from Zillow’s.

City services

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How to check an address

• Which city a parcel is in, and its taxes: the Orange County Property Appraiser’s parcel search and its tax estimator.
• Which schools serve it: OCPS’s Find My School tool.
• Your bill and due dates: the Orange County Tax Collector, 407-434-0312.
• City services: each city’s own website, linked in the table above.

How we built this

Belle Isle is the only incorporated city among the nearest places in our town profile; Winter Park and Maitland were added as the next-nearest Orange County cities of more than 5,000 people, measured from the Census Bureau’s 2023 Gazetteer center points. Tax rates come from the Florida Department of Revenue’s 2025 data book, school zones from Orange County Public Schools’ 2026-27 zone layer matched on Oct. 9, 2026, home values from Zillow’s city index and population figures from the Census Bureau’s API.

Frequently asked questions

What is the city property tax rate in Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland and Belle Isle?

For the 2025 tax year, the Florida Department of Revenue lists city operating rates of 6.65 mills in Orlando, 4.7845 in Belle Isle, 4.0923 in Winter Park and 5.0465 in Maitland. County and school levies come on top.

Do Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland and Belle Isle share a school district?

Yes. All four are served by Orange County Public Schools, and all four pay the same Orange County School Board rate, 6.449 mills for 2025.

Which is more expensive, Orlando or Winter Park?

By Zillow’s Home Value Index, the typical home value in August 2026 was $371,120 in Orlando and $464,563 in Winter Park. Belle Isle was $535,100 and Maitland $477,579. These are modeled values, not sale prices.

Does Belle Isle have its own police department?

Yes. The Belle Isle Police Department is a 24/7 department, the city says. Orlando, Winter Park and Maitland also have their own police departments.