Leavitt Area High School

Leavitt Area High School
Address
21 Matthews Way Turner , Maine 04282 United States
Coordinates	44°16′02″N 70°13′41″W / 44.2672°N 70.2280°W / 44.2672; -70.2280
Information
School type	Public, high school
School district	MSAD 52
Principal	Eben Shaw
Teaching staff	49.80 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	561 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	11.27[1]
Language	English
Hours in school day	07
Campus size	Medium
Campus type	Rural
Color(s)	Green and   white
Song	Sweet Caroline
Athletics conference	KVAC
Mascot	Hornet
Accreditation	NEASC
Newspaper	The Buzz
Yearbook	Angelus
Communities served	Turner, Leeds, & Greene
Feeder schools	Tripp Middle School
Website	rsu52.us

Leavitt Area High School is a public secondary school that serves grades 9–12 in Turner, Maine, United States. It is a regional high school and serves the communities of Turner, Leeds, and Greene and is run by Maine School Administrative District 52.

The school takes its name from an 1895 gift by James Madison Leavitt, a Turner native who became a wealthy New York City manufacturer of umbrellas and parasols.^[2] Leavitt donated $10,000 to the town of Turner to build a preparatory school.^[3] The school opened on Jan. 20, 1897, and was dedicated to Leavitt. In 1899 the first class of eight students graduated.^[4]

The school later outgrew the initial building, which now houses the Turner Historical Museum and the Turner Public Library. The last class graduated from the Leavitt Institute facility in 1966. In 1967 the school's name was changed to Leavitt High School, and in 1969 when the school district was consolidated, the school's name was changed to Leavitt Area High School, now located nearby the old Leavitt Institute Building.

• Leavitt Institute Building, Turner Center, ca. 1896, MaineMemoryNetwork