LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 10220 SE SUNSET HARBOR RD, in SUMMERFIELD, Florida, LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school that serves 1,141 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within MARION. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

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

Demographically, LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Marion County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,010 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 68 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students).

The closest other public school is HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked up 4%, going from 1,101 students in 2018 to 1,141 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 40%. Class-load math has grew: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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