Editing Forest City, Iowa (section)

== Education ==
The [[Forest City Community School District]] operates a [[wind turbine]] that provides 60% of the energy needs of elementary, middle, and high school.<ref name="FCCSD">{{cite web|url=http://www.forestcity.k12.ia.us/|title=Forrest City Community School District|publisher=Home|access-date=2010-12-14}}</ref>

Forest City Christian School is an independent school district located in Forest City. it is not [[Pre-tertiary-education accreditation|accredited]], so that credits acquired do not transfer to other schools.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hesse | first=Josiah | title=Evangelical education nearly ruined me. Now the Christian right is coming for public schools | website=the Guardian | date=12 February 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/christianity-schools-republicans}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Nonpublic School Accreditation - A spreadsheet of state accredited, independently accredited and specially accredited nonpublic schools in Iowa for the 2024-25 school year.| publisher=Iowa Department of Education | url=https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/accreditation-program-approval/nonpublic-school-accreditation | access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

Forest City is the home of [[Waldorf University]], a four-year liberal arts, for-profit university, owned by [[Columbia Southern University|Mayes Education Inc]].<ref name="globegazette">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globegazette.com/news/local/article_c02b800a-2377-529c-8173-1e47654842cd.html|title = Waldorf College sale to Mayes Education finalized}}</ref>