Editing Faribault, Minnesota (section)

==Notable institutions==

===Education===
The [[Faribault Public Schools]], a school district which covers the entire municipality,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27131_rice/DC20SD_C27131.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Rice County, MN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27131_rice/DC20SD_C27131_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> operate an early childhood center, four elementary schools (one of which is a [[charter school]]), a middle school, Faribault High School, the Area Learning Center, and Faribault Education Center, which offers adult education.<ref>[https://www.faribault.k12.mn.us/schools ''Faribault Public Schools''].</ref> Students come from Faribault and surrounding communities and rural areas.<ref>[http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/maps/SchoolDistricts2016/sd0656.pdf ''Public School District Attendance Areas and Educational Facility Locations'']</ref>

The [[Minnesota State Academies]] for the Deaf and for the Blind, including the State Library for the Blind, are in southeastern Faribault, above the Straight River. Noyes Hall, a [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical building]] on the campus of Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name = budget>{{Cite web |url=http://www.budget.state.mn.us/budget/capital/2001/final/125275.pdf |title=2001 Minnesota capital budget request for restoration of Noyes Hall |access-date=November 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128002900/http://www.budget.state.mn.us/budget/capital/2001/final/125275.pdf |archive-date=November 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The building is named for Jonathon L. Noyes, the school's longtime administrator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.faribault.mn.us/History1/Civic_tourmap.htm |title=Faribault Heritage Preservation Commission, virtual tour, Noyes Hall |access-date=November 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927145937/http://ci.faribault.mn.us/History1/Civic_tourmap.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Shattuck-Saint Mary's]] is a coeducational college preparatory boarding school especially noted for its Centers of Excellence program in hockey, winning numerous youth national championships and [[Shattuck-Saint Mary's#Notable alumni|producing several NHL and Olympic team players]].

[[South Central Community College]] (a Minnesota State College and University System institution) has a campus in Faribault.

===Other institutions===
The [[Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library]] is the city library.

The [[Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault]] is a state prison on the campus of a former mental hospital (aka "The State Schools").

The [[River Bend Nature Center]] is a {{convert|750|acre|km2|adj=on}} nonprofit nature center in Faribault's southeast corner.

The Rice County Historical Society is in Faribault.