Editing The Villages, Florida (section)

=== Primary and secondary education ===
The Villages is primarily an age-restricted community, prohibiting full-time residents under age 19 except in three designated family-unit neighborhoods (Bison Valley, Oak Meadows, and Spring Arbor) or through hardship exemptions granted by the Village Center Community Development District.<ref name="districtgov">{{Cite web |title=Deed Compliance - Family Units |url=https://www.districtgov.org/departments/community-standards/deedrestrict-Family.aspx |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Village Center Community Development District}}</ref> School zoning applies for tax purposes and the few families residing in these neighborhoods.

* The **Marion County** portion of The Villages, which has no family-unit neighborhoods, is zoned to [[Lake Weir High School]] within the [[Marion County Public Schools]] system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Attendance Boundary Map - Lake Weir High |url=https://www.marionschools.net/Page/101 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Marion County Public Schools}}</ref>
* The **Sumter County** portion, including Bison Valley, is zoned to [[Wildwood Middle High School]] within the [[Sumter District Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Attendance Zones |url=https://www.sumterschools.net/departments/student-services/zoning |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Sumter District Schools}}</ref>
* The **Lake County** portion, including Oak Meadows and Spring Arbor, is zoned to [[Leesburg High School (Leesburg, Florida)|Leesburg High School]] within the [[Lake County Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Attendance Zones - High Schools |url=https://www.lake.k12.fl.us/departments/operations/zoning |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Lake County Schools}}</ref>

[[The Villages Charter Schools]], a K–12 [[charter school]] in unincorporated Sumter County, serves children of employees working directly for The Villages, its subcontractors, or businesses located within the community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Villages Charter School |url=https://www.tvcs.org/about |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=The Villages Charter Schools}}</ref> Children residing in family-unit neighborhoods or granted exemptions do not automatically qualify for enrollment unless a parent meets these employment criteria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eligibility and Enrollment |url=https://www.tvcs.org/enrollment |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=The Villages Charter Schools}}</ref>