Editing El Centro, California (section)

==Education==
Within its boundary, there are three school districts – McCabe Union Elementary School District, [[El Centro Elementary School District|El Centro School District]] and [[Central Union High School District]].<ref name="eccoc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcentrochamber.org/the-city-of-el-centro/education/ |title=El Centro Chamber of Commerce – Education |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103170954/http://elcentrochamber.org/the-city-of-el-centro/education/ |archive-date=November 3, 2010 }}</ref>

El Centro has 11 [[Elementary school#United States|elementary]] schools, four [[Middle school#Canada and the United States|middle/junior high]] schools and three [[High school (North America)|high]] schools:

===Elementary schools===
*De Anza Magnet School<ref name="ecesd">{{Cite web |url=http://elcentro.ca.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/sectionlist/default.php?sectiondetailid=5 |title=El Centro Elementary School District |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328120359/http://elcentro.ca.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/sectionlist/default.php?sectiondetailid=5 |archive-date=March 28, 2009 }}</ref>
*Desert Gardens Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*Harding Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*Hedrick Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" /> (named after Margaret Hedrick, a woman who had been teaching and working in schools for 55 years, 35 of them in the El Centro School District).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elcentro.ca.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=242 |title=Hedrick School – Who was Margaret Hedrick? |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716014352/http://elcentro.ca.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=242 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
*King Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*Lincoln Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*McCabe Elementary School<ref name="mcusd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcusd.net/|title=McCabe Union School District|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-date=November 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119110629/http://www.mcusd.net/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*McKinley Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*Meadows Elementary School<ref name="eccoc" />
*Sunflower Elementary<ref name="ecesd" />
*Washington Elementary School<ref name="ecesd" />
*St. Mary's Catholic School

===Middle and junior high schools===
*Corfman Middle School (Grades 4–8)<ref name="mcusd" />
*Kennedy Middle School<ref name="ecesd" />
*Wilson Junior High<ref name="ecesd" />
*St. Mary's Catholic School

===High schools===

The [[Central Union High School District]] includes two four-year comprehensive high schools (Central Union and Southwest) and one alternative education school (Desert Oasis). The school district's 3,450 students are supported by more than 350 certified and classified staff. The District is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees.<ref name="elcentrochamber" />
*[[Central Union High School El Centro, CA|Central Union High School]]<ref name="cuhsd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cuhsd.net/|title=Central Union High School District|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-date=June 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613232634/http://www.cuhsd.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> (Central Union was established near the time when the city was established and celebrated its centennial in 2008.)
*Desert Oasis High School<ref name="cuhsd" />
*[[Southwest High School (El Centro, California)|Southwest High School]],<ref name="cuhsd" /> whose performing arts theater is named after local musician Jimmie Cannon, director of CUHS's Great Spartan Band from 1966 to 1996

===Colleges and universities===
Opportunities to attend college are available through [[Imperial Valley College]], a local 2-year college, and an extension of [[San Diego State University]] located in the nearby city of [[Calexico, California|Calexico]]. San Diego State University's Calexico Campus offers a variety of bachelor's and master's degrees.