South Amherst High School was a public co-ed high school located in

South Amherst, Ohio South Amherst is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,581 at the 2020 census. Geography South Amherst is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is ...

. It mainly served the village and the immediate area around it. The building that most recently served as the high school was built in 1910 and currently serves as South Amherst Middle School, which feeds into

Firelands High School Firelands High School is a public high school in Oberlin, Ohio in the United States. Firelands High School absorbed South Amherst High School and its school district during the summer of 1988. The school is located in Henrietta Township (at 10 ...

. The South Amherst Cavaliers originally competed in the

Lorain County League The Lorain County League (LC8) is an Ohio high school athletic league that began with the 2019-20 school year and is made up of eight schools predominantly based in Lorain County, Ohio. All schools are members of the Ohio High School Athletic Assoc ...

from 1924 to 1961 and then began a dual-membership with the Inland Conference in 1956 that ultimately became their league home until 1988, which is when both the league disbanded and the school itself closed. Due to finances and several failed levies, the South Amherst Board of Education began looking to merge their district with a neighboring one in the 1980s. In December 1987, Firelands Local School District approved a measure to absorb South Amherst's district, which was agreed upon by both districts in early 1988. When a petition to prevent the merger failed in March of that year, the absorption of South Amherst's district by Firelands took effect on July 1, 1988, which was the first day of the 1988–1989 school year.

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