Editing Farmington, Connecticut (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Farmington Public Schools (Connecticut)}}

Farmington's seven public schools are highly regarded, ranking among the top in the state and nationally.
<ref>{{cite web 
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|access-date=August 6, 2022}}</ref> The district's four pre-K to 4 elementary schools are Union School, West District School, Noah Wallace School, and East Farms School. West Woods Upper Elementary School houses grades 5 and 6. Irving A. Robbins Middle School houses grades 7 and 8. [[Farmington High School (Connecticut)|Farmington High School]] serves grades 9–12.  In 2005, Farmington High School was ranked 125 on ''Newsweek'' magazine's list of the best schools in the United States, in 2006 it was ranked 269, and in 2007, 298.<ref>{{cite web |first=Halley |last=Bondy |author2=Brillman, Dan |author3=Kaufman, Becca |title=The Top of the Class |work=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=June 17, 2007 |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1327&Search=&start=200&limit=100&year=2007& |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608095734/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1327&Search=&start=200&limit=100&year=2007& }}</ref>
 
[[Miss Porter's School]], a [[college preparatory school|private college preparatory school]] for girls, is located in Farmington's Historic District. The day and boarding school occupies much of the village center. Founded in 1843 by educational reformer [[Sarah Porter]], the school has played a significant part in Farmington's history since its founding. As of the mid-2010s, the school owned over 90 buildings in Farmington center, approximately 70% of which were historic. Since then, Miss Porter's has been concentrating its footprint around its core buildings at the center of Main Street. [[List of Miss Porter's School alumnae|Famous alumni]] include [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], [[Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark]], [[Lee Bouvier|Lee Bouvier Radziwill]], [[Lilly Pulitzer]] and members of the [[Bush family|Bush]], [[Vanderbilt family|Vanderbilt]], and [[Rockefeller family|Rockefeller]] families.

[[Tunxis Community College]] is in the southwest part of the town.