Lake Weir High School

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Lake Weir High School (LWHS) is a public high school located in Ocala, Florida. It is part of the Marion County School District and serves students residing in southeastern Marion County, including the Ocala National Forest, Silver Springs Shores and Summerfield. The school colors are purple and gold and its mascot is the hurricane.

Lake Weir High School was established in 1955 as a consolidation of Weirsdale and Summerfield High Schools on a hill overlooking Lake Weir with a student body of about 300 students grades 7 through 12. Mr. Leo Armstrong, former principal of Wiersdale High School was the first principle. The school served students coming from elementary schools at Belleview, Florida, Summerfield, Florida and Weirsdale, Florida that served the communities of Belleview, Candler, East Lake Weir, Ocklawaha, Pedro, Summerfield, Sunset Harbor, Weirsdale and southern most areas of Marion County. The first class of 1956 graduated 33. In 1967 Marion County changed to the elementary, middle and high school organization and the school changed to grades 9 through 12. In August, 1975, a new Lake Weir High School was constructed on Maricamp Road in Candler with a student body in excess of 1200 students which grew to 2500 by 1993.

The original location on Lake Weir is now Lake Weir Middle School that had a student body of 1300 students grades 6 through 8 in 1993. A Belleview High School was established in 1995.

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Schools of Marion County, Florida
High Schools Belleview High School | Dunnellon High School | Forest High School | Lake Weir High School | Marion Technical Institute | North Marion High School | Vanguard High School | West Port High School
Middle Schools Belleview Middle School | Dunnellon Middle School | Fort King Middle School | Howard Middle School | Lake Weir Middle School | North Marion Middle School | Osceola Middle School | West Port Middle School
Elementary Schools Anthony Elementary School | Belleview Elementary School | Belleview-Santos Elementary School | College Park Elementary School | Dr. N.H. Jones Elementary (Magnet) | Dunnellon Elementary School | East Marion Elementary School | Eighth Street Elementary School | Emerald Shores Elementary School | Evergreen Elementary School | Fessenden Elementary School | Fort McCoy School (K-8) | Greenway Elementary School | Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary School | Harbour View Elementary School | Madison Street Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (Magnet) | Maplewood Elementary School | Oakcrest Elementary School | Ocala Springs Elementary School | Reddick-Collier Elementary School | Romeo Elementary School | Saddlewood Elementary School | Shady Hill Elementary School | South Ocala Elementary School | Sparr Elementary School | Stanton-Weirsdale Elementary School | Sunrise Elementary School | Ward-Highlands Elementary School | Wyomina Park Elementary School


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