Sylva-Webster High School was built in 1959, opened in 1960, and was formed from the consolidation of two smaller high schools. The larger one, Sylva High School, opened in 1915 in a two-story frame building and moved to a larger, 8th-11th Grade Building in 1924 at the present location of Mark Watson Park, which was formerly a fairground. The building was known as the "Old Sylva School" when it closed and became part of nearby Sylva Elementary in 1960. Sylva Elementary had opened in 1929 and is one of the predecessors to Fairview School. Sylva Elementary School was demolished in 1974 and Sylva High School was demolished in 1990. All that remains is the old vocational shop building, which once served as the Jackson County Recreation Department, but is now condemned.