LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 10351 SE MARICAMP RD, in OCALA, Florida, LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized 9-12 campus that serves 1,447 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by MARION. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

MARION comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 46,349 students; LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -12.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: EMERALD SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 1,526 students in 2018 compared to 1,447 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 45%.

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