Editing Scranton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
===Primary and secondary education===
{{Further|Scranton School District (Pennsylvania)}}
The city's public schools are operated by the [[Scranton School District (Pennsylvania)|Scranton School District]] (SSD), which serves almost 10,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/846172/enrollment_public_school_2009-10_xls |title=Enterprise Portal |publisher=Portal.state.pa.us |access-date=September 8, 2012 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904120141/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/846172/enrollment_public_school_2009-10_xls |url-status=live }}</ref> The city has two public high schools for grades 9–12: [[Scranton High School (Pennsylvania)|Scranton High School]] just northwest of the downtown and [[West Scranton High School]] located on the West Side of the city. The district also has three public middle schools for grades 6–8: Northeast Intermediate, South Scranton Intermediate, and West Scranton Intermediate. In addition, SSD maintains 12 public elementary schools for grades K–5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrsd.org/ssd/ |title=Scranton School District |access-date=February 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814135744/http://www.scrsd.org/ssd/ |archive-date=August 14, 2010 }}</ref>

Scranton has two private high schools: [[Scranton Preparatory School]], a private [[Jesuit]] school, and [[Bais Moshe|Yeshiva Bais Moshe]], an [[Haredi Judaism|Ultra Orthodox]] school. [[Holy Cross High School (Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross High School]] in [[Dunmore, Pennsylvania|Dunmore]] is a Catholic high school operated by the [[Diocese of Scranton]] that serves students in Scranton and the surrounding area. The diocese also operates several private elementary schools in the city. Protestant schools that serve the Scranton area include Abington Christian Academy, Canaan Christian Academy, Summit Academy, and Triboro Christian Academy. The Pennsylvania Department of Education provides oversight for the [[Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children]].<ref>[http://www.pdeinfo.state.pa.us/depart_edu/cwp/view.asp?a=13&Q=32588&g=144&depart_eduNav= |116|124|&depart_eduNav=|1919|1927 Dept. Info.: State Owned School Greeting]{{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> The [[Scranton State School for the Deaf]], a state-run school was replaced by the Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.

[[Penn Foster High School]], a [[distance education]] high school, is headquartered in Scranton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pennfosterhighschool.com/ |title=Penn Foster High School |publisher=Penn Foster High School |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824063031/http://pennfosterhighschool.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Merakey Education Center is a small private school located in North Scranton.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merakey.org/programs/autism-and-education-centers |title=Autism and Education Centers |publisher=Merakey.org |date= |accessdate=February 17, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124232537/https://www.merakey.org/programs/autism-and-education-centers |url-status=live }}</ref>

Scranton, West Scranton, Scranton Prep and Holy Cross all compete athletically in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna League which is a part of District 2 of the [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association]].

===Colleges and universities===
The city hosts five colleges and universities: The [[University of Scranton]], [[Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine]], [[Johnson College]], [[Lackawanna College]], [[Marywood University]], and two technical schools, [[Fortis Institute]] and The Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. The [[Pennsylvania State University]] operates a [[Penn State Worthington Scranton|Commonwealth Campus]], [[Penn State Worthington Scranton|Penn State Scranton]], north of the city, in the borough of [[Dunmore, Pennsylvania|Dunmore]].<ref name="PA Colleges">{{cite web
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}}</ref> [[Luzerne County Community College|LCCC]], a [[community college]] operating out of [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania|Nanticoke]] in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]], operates a satellite campus at [[The Marketplace at Steamtown]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Palumbo |first1=Andy |title=LCCC Opens at the Marketplace at Steamtown |url=https://wnep.com/2016/08/23/lccc-opens-at-the-marketplace-at-steamtown/ |website=WNEP |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=January 17, 2020 |archive-date=November 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104113935/https://wnep.com/2016/08/23/lccc-opens-at-the-marketplace-at-steamtown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Penn Foster Career School]], a [[distance education]] [[vocational school]], is headquartered in Scranton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pennfoster.edu/ |title=Penn Foster Career School |publisher=Pennfoster.edu |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830063432/http://www.pennfoster.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>