Editing Tompkins County, New York (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca NY.jpg|thumb|right|Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green St., Ithaca NY]]
[[File:DRYDEN DISTRICT SCHOOL NO. 5, TOMPKINS COUNTY.jpg|thumb|right|The eight-square schoolhouse or [[Dryden District School No. 5]] is a [[one room schoolhouse]] just south of [[New York Route 13]] in Dryden Township.]]
There are three institutions of higher education in Tompkins County:
* [[Cornell University]] in City of Ithaca
* [[Ithaca College]] in the Town of Ithaca
* [[Tompkins Cortland Community College|Tompkins-Cortland Community College]] in the Town of Dryden

The county is served by several [[school district]]s:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36109_tompkins/DC20SD_C36109.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tompkins County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-23}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36109_tompkins/DC20SD_C36109_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> (the largest being [[Ithaca City School District]]{{fact|date=December 2024}})
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* [[Candor Central School District]]
* [[Cortland City School District]]
* [[Dryden Central School District]]
* [[Groton Central School District]]
* [[Homer Central School District]]
* [[Ithaca City School District]]
* [[Lansing Central School District]]
* [[Newark Valley Central School District]]
* [[Newfield Central School District]]
* [[Odessa-Montour Central School District]]
* [[Southern Cayuga Central School District]]
* [[Spencer-Van Etten Central School District]]
* [[Trumansburg Central School District]]
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The county is served by several [[public libraries]] including the  [[Tompkins County Public Library]], the [[Southworth Library (Dryden, New York)|Southworth Library]] and the [[Ulysses Philomathic Library]].