Editing The Woodlands, Texas (section)

==Education==
Most students in the Montgomery County portion attend schools in the [[Conroe Independent School District]]. Children residing in the May Valley neighborhood{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} in Sterling Ridge Village<ref name=Villagemap>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewoodlandstownship-tx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1071/Parks-and-Pathways-Map?bidId=|title=The Woodlands Parks and Pathways|publisher=The Woodlands Township|accessdate=2022-04-27}}</ref> attend schools in the [[Magnolia Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48339_montgomery/DC20SD_C48339.pdf |title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Montgomery County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-04-27}} - [https://www.thewoodlandstownship-tx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1188/The-Woodlands-Township-Boundary-Map-with-Streets?bidId= Compare to The Woodlands boundary map]</ref> Children from the Creekside Park Village<ref name=Villagemap/> in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] attend the [[Tomball Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48201_harris/DC20SD_C48201.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harris County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-04-27}} - [https://www.thewoodlandstownship-tx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1188/The-Woodlands-Township-Boundary-Map-with-Streets?bidId= Compare to The Woodlands boundary map]</ref>

[[Montgomery County Memorial Library System]] operates two libraries in The Woodlands, the South Branch and the George and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library. Most schools have the honored rank of an exemplary school, the highest school ranking in Texas. Texas students are administered the STAAR test, a review of general knowledge, which can determine students' promotion to the next grade level.

===Primary and secondary schools===

====Public schools====
[[The Woodlands High School]] (TWHS) serves the western portion of The Woodlands in Montgomery County. TWHS was ranked 626 on ''[[Newsweek]]'s'' 2012 list of America's Best High Schools.<ref name="thedailybeast.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/|title=The Daily Beast|website=The Daily Beast}}</ref>

[[The Woodlands College Park High School]], which opened in 2005, serves the eastern portion of The Woodlands in Montgomery County. TWCP was ranked 382 on ''[[Newsweek]]'s'' 2012 list of America's Best High Schools.<ref name="thedailybeast.com"/> College Park is also home to the [[Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology]], a science and technology based magnet program. Refer to the Conroe School District for specific feeders. [[Magnolia High School (Texas)|Magnolia High School]] serves pupils residing in May Valley, and [[Tomball High School]] serves pupils residing inside the Harris County portion.

;Junior high schools
*Montgomery County: Knox Junior High School, McCullough Junior High School
*Harris County:  Creekside Park Junior High School

In 2023 TISD had plans to move middle school grades of the Creekside Village area to Tomball, but parents protested.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Partain|first1=Claire|last2=Green|first2=Ralph|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/woodlands/article/woodlands-creekside-park-parents-protest-tomball-18477743.php|title=Hundreds of Woodlands' Creekside Park parents to protest new Tomball ISD school location with walkout|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2023-11-10|access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref> The district shifted and decided instead to move the fifth grade to an addition at Creekside Park Junior High School. The directors of The Woodlands Township had asked that TISD not move the middle school students to Tomball.<ref>{{cite news|last=Partain|first=Claire|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/woodlands/article/creekside-park-new-plan-school-expansion-18493713.php|title=Tomball ISD drops plan for new intermediate school after Woodlands parents protest, presents new plan|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2023-12-19|access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>

====Private schools====
By 2015, many private preparatory schools began campus expansions as The Woodlands had an increase in population and corporate office relocations.<ref>{{cite news|author=Olabi, Nora|url=http://www.chron.com:80/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/Woodlands-growth-drives-prep-school-expansions-6316440.php|title=Woodlands growth drives prep school expansions|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2015-06-09|access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref>
*[[The John Cooper School]]
*[[The Woodlands Christian Academy]]
*St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School (K-8)<ref>[https://staopcs.org/ Home]. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. Retrieved March 25, 2017. "7901 Bay Branch Drive • The Woodlands, Texas"</ref> (of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]])

The closest Catholic high school is [[Frassati Catholic High School]] in north Harris County; the planners of the school intended for it to serve The Woodlands.<ref name=Dominguezbreaks>{{cite web|author=Dominguez, Catherine|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring/news/article/New-Catholic-high-school-breaks-ground-9432116.php|title=New Catholic high school breaks ground|newspaper=[[The Spring Observer]] |date=2012-08-29|access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref>

{{Asof|2019}}, the [[British International School of Houston]] in [[Greater Katy]] has a school bus service to The Woodlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/houston/british-international/admissions/school-bus-transportation|title=School Bus Transportation|publisher=[[British International School of Houston]]|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
[[Lone Star College–Montgomery|Lone Star College]] (originally the North Harris Montgomery Community College District) and [[Sam Houston State University]]-The Woodlands Center<ref>[http://www.shsu.edu/woodlands/]. Sam Houston State University. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.</ref> serve the community. The territory in Conroe ISD joined the community college district in 1991, and the territory in Tomball ISD had joined the district in 1982.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021222065728/http://www.nhmccd.edu/l.cfm?id=01004 "History"]. North Harris Montgomery Community College District. December 22, 2002. Retrieved April 5, 2010.</ref> The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woodlands and in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Montgomery County, Texas]].<ref>[http://www.lonestar.edu/contact-directory.htm "Contact Directory"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405092849/http://www.lonestar.edu/contact-directory.htm |date=April 5, 2010 }}. Lone Star College System. Retrieved April 5, 2010.</ref> The district moved to its current location on March 17, 2003.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030323122817/http://nhmccd.edu/ Home]. North Harris Montgomery Community College District. March 23, 2003. Retrieved April 5, 2010.</ref> [[Our Lady of the Lake University]], a private non-profit university based in San Antonio, moved its Houston Campus to The Woodlands in 2011.