Editing Mankato, Minnesota (section)

==Education==
[[File:2009-0805-BLC-OldMain.jpg|thumb|right|Old Main, [[Bethany Lutheran College]]]]
The Mankato Area Public Schools are consolidated to include the cities of Mankato, North Mankato, Eagle Lake, and Madison Lake. There are ten elementary schools (Franklin, Eagle Lake, Kennedy, Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Monroe, Hoover, Rosa Parks, and Bridges); two middle schools (Dakota Meadows Middle School and Prairie Winds Middle School); and two high schools ([[Mankato West High School]] and [[Mankato East High School]]).

Mankato has four parochial schools: [[Loyola Catholic School]], Immanuel Lutheran Grade School and High School (K–12), Mount Olive Lutheran School (K–8) and Risen Savior Lutheran School (K–8). There is also a public charter school, [[RiverBend Academy Charter School|Kato Public Charter School]]. The alternative school Central High, on Fulton Street, is another educational option.

===Higher education institutions===
* [[Minnesota State University, Mankato|Minnesota State University]] was opened as the second state normal school in 1868 and is the second largest university in the state of Minnesota by enrollment. With an annual operating budget of over $200 million, Minnesota State provides a net economic benefit of over $452 million annually to Minnesota's south-central region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.advancement.mnscu.edu/resources/publications/economicimpact/docs/MinnesotaStateUniversityMankato_EconomicImpact.pdf |title=The Economic Impact of Minnesota State University, Mankato |publisher=Amherst H. Wilder Research Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426221522/http://www.advancement.mnscu.edu/resources/publications/economicimpact/docs/MinnesotaStateUniversityMankato_EconomicImpact.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref> It is one of the largest employers in the Mankato area.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://tcbmag.com/news/articles/2018/may/how-mankato-came-to-be-minnesota-s-hottest-economi |title=How Mankato Came to Be Minnesota's Hottest Economic Region |last=Stavig |first=Vicky |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2018 |publisher=Twin Cities Business Magazine |agency=MSP Communications |quote=Top Five Employers: Taylor Cos. (2,400 employees), Mayo Clinic Health System (1,830 employees), Minnesota State University Mankato (1,700 employees), Mankato Area Public Schools (1,200 employees), MRCI (1,200 employees), Source: Greater Mankato Growth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023156/http://tcbmag.com/news/articles/2018/may/how-mankato-came-to-be-minnesota-s-hottest-economi |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[South Central College]]
* [[Bethany Lutheran College]]
* [[Rasmussen University]]