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==Education== [[File:Attleboro Public Library (Massachusetts).jpg|thumb|right|Attleboro Public Library]] Attleboro's school district, Attleboro Public Schools,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25005_bristol/DC20SD_C25005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bristol County, MA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-12-01}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25005_bristol/DC20SD_C25005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> has five elementary schools (Hill-Roberts, Hyman Fine, A. Irvin Studley, Peter Thacher and Thomas Willett), three middle schools (Brennan, Coelho and Wamsutta), and two high schools ([[Attleboro High School]], and Attleboro Community Academy). [[Attleboro High School]] has its own vocational division, and its football team (the "Blue Bombardiers") has a traditional rivalry with [[North Attleborough High School]], whom they play in their [[American football on Thanksgiving#High school football|Thanksgiving Day football game]]. Attleboro Community Academy is a night school for students aged 16β25 to obtain their high school diplomas and could not function in traditional high school. [[Bishop Feehan High School]] is a co-educational [[Roman Catholic]] high school that opened in 1961 and is named for Bishop [[Daniel Francis Feehan]], second Bishop of the [[Diocese of Fall River]]. The city also has a satellite branch of [[Bristol Community College]], formerly housed in the city's former high school building but since relocated to an old [[Texas Instruments]] site. [[Bridgewater State University]] opened a satellite site in Attleboro in 2009, sharing space with [[Bristol Community College]]. === Attleboro High School === The former high school building was built in the 1960s, and added wings in several renovations throughout the years. The city of Attleboro voted on whether to build a new school or renovate the building, and "reached an agreement to put proceeds from the sale toward the cost of a new high school before the $260 million was approved by voters last spring."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hand|first=Jim|title=School committee hands old Attleboro High School back to the city|url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/school-committee-hands-old-attleboro-high-school-back-to-the-city/article_bff3163a-7f00-51b1-92ed-218c835c1e15.html|access-date=2021-05-06|website=The Sun Chronicle|date=16 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The sale of the first Attleboro High School built in 1912 on County Street gave the city funds for the new building. The new [[Attleboro High School]] opened in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Attleboro High School Project {{!}} Attleboro, MA|url=https://www.cityofattleboro.us/530/Attleboro-High-School-Project|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.cityofattleboro.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://ahs.attleboroschools.com/home|access-date=2021-05-07|website=ahs.attleboroschools.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513155729/https://ahs.attleboroschools.com/home|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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