Marion Oaks | Ocala, Florida

Marion Oaks

Everyday this beautiful community will be an adventure of your choosing. You and your family will find many excursions and adventures as you explore the area. For those that love the water, head west and in under an hour you will be visiting the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Mexico, or you may decide to explore the east and find yourself on the soft sand beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Freshwater lakes and crystal clear springs abound providing perfect access for fishing, snorkeling, diving, kayaking, boating, or simply floating around on an inflatable raft. Of course, Florida is famous for its many attractions and theme parks.

• Orlando with its theme parks is the #1 tourist destination in the world with attractions including: Disney World, EPCOT, Sea World and Universal Studios.
• Tampa, with beautiful Busch Gardens and professional football, baseball, and ice hockey teams, is also the winter home of the New York Yankees.
• You can easily make day trips to Silver Springs, Weeki Wachee, Kennedy Space Center, and so many other fun family outings.
• As a resident of Marion Oaks, you will find incredible sporting events, concerts & theater performances, fabulous restaurants, quaint shops, and so much more all within a short drive.
• Tee off on one of Marion Counties many professional golf courses.
• Shopping ranges from community’s boutique shops to modern malls with all the familiar retail stores including Macy’s, Dillard’s, Sears, Old Navy, Barnes & Noble and JC Penny’s.
• This area is also known for its exemplary level of medical care and its award winning hospitals, Monroe Regional Health Centers and Ocala Regional Health Centers, which is known for its outstanding Trauma Center.

Local School Information

Within the master planned community are three schools; two are elementary schools and one is a middle school.

As a resident of Marion Oaks, your children will have the privilege of attending public school in the Marion County School District in the state of Florida. The local schools serving the Marion Oaks population are Sunrise Elementary School, Marion Oaks Elementary School which specializes in special needs education, Horizon Academy Middle School, and Dunnellon High School and West Port High School, which has 3 magnet programs your child can apply for: Center for Arts, a visual and performing arts program, the BioMedical Science program, and the Early College program. In addition to our public schools, there are Private Schools available such as, Trinity Catholic High School, St. John’s Lutheran K-12 and several more private schools to choose from.

For your child’s continuing education, there is the College of Central Florida and the Community Technical Adult Education (CTAE), located in Ocala. Thirty-five miles to the north, in Gainesville, Florida is the University of Florida, which is ranked 47th out of 199 US colleges.

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