Editing Montgomery, Alabama (section)

==Education==
[[File:ASU Bibb Graves Hall June 09 02.jpg|thumb|150px|Alabama State University]]
[[File:Auburn University Montgomery.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Auburn University at Montgomery]]
Most of the city of Montgomery and Montgomery County are served by the [[Montgomery Public Schools]] system.<ref name=MontgomeryCountySchoolMap>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01101_montgomery/DC20SD_C01101.pdf |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Montgomery County, AL |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190944/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01101_montgomery/DC20SD_C01101.pdf |url-status=live }} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01101_montgomery/DC20SD_C01101_SD2MS.txt Text listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190727/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01101_montgomery/DC20SD_C01101_SD2MS.txt |date=July 5, 2022 }}: "Maxwell AFB School District" would mean the [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) since that agency operates the on-base public schools.</ref> As of 2022, there were 26,381 students enrolled in the system, and 1,412 teachers employed. The system manages 32 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, and 10 high schools as well as 6 [[magnet school]]s, 1 [[alternative school]], and 2 [[special education]] centers.<ref name="MPS">{{cite web |title=Montgomery Public Schools |url=https://www.mps.k12.al.us/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227041318/https://www.mps.k12.al.us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Montgomery is one of the only cities in Alabama to host three public schools with [[International Baccalaureate]] programs. In 2007, Forest Avenue Academic Magnet Elementary School and in 2015, Bear Exploration Center were named a [[National Blue Ribbon School]].<ref name="br2007">{{cite web |publisher=US Department of Education |title=2007 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public Elementary Schools |page=9 |url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/public-elementary.pdf |access-date=March 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113073627/http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/public-elementary.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, [[Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP)|LAMP]] High School was named the No. 7 [[magnet school]] in the United States and No. 1 public high school in the state of Alabama on ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s list.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best High Schools: Magnet Schools List |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/alabama/districts/montgomery-public-schools/loveless-academic-magnet-program-high-school-281 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report website |date=2022 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114024556/http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings/magnet-school-rankings?int=966408 |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Three other Montgomery Public Schools high schools were also on the list, the most of any public school system in the state ([[Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School|Brewbaker Technology Magnet]], and [[George Washington Carver High School (Montgomery, Alabama)|George Washington Carver High School]]).

Maxwell Air Force Base is zoned to [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) schools for grades K-8.<ref name=MontgomeryCountySchoolMap/> The DoDEA operates Maxwell Air Force Base Elementary/Middle School.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dodea.edu/maxwellafbems/index.cfm |title=Home |publisher=[[Department of Defense Education Activity]] |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192154/https://www.dodea.edu/maxwellafbems/index.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> For high school Maxwell AFB residents are zoned to Montgomery Public Schools facilities: residents of the main base are zoned to Carver High, while residents of the Gunner Annex are zoned to [[Dr. Percy L. Julian High School]]. Residents may attend magnet schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dodea.edu/americas/southeast/maxwell/index.cfm |title=Maxwell AFB Community |publisher=Department of Defense Education Activity |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705200702/https://www.dodea.edu/americas/southeast/maxwell/index.cfm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Montgomery is home to 28 private schools,<ref name="Private school">{{cite web |title=Schools K-12 – Montgomery, AL Private Schools |url=http://www.schoolsk-12.com/Alabama/Montgomery/Private-schools.html |access-date=June 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907041340/http://www.schoolsk-12.com/Alabama/Montgomery/Private-schools.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> including notable (former) [[segregation academies]] such as [[Montgomery Academy (Alabama)]].

The [[Montgomery City-County Public Library]] operates eleven public libraries in locations throughout the city and county.

The city is home to Alabama's oldest law library, the Supreme Court and State Law Library, founded in 1828. Located in the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building, the Law Library owns a rare book collection containing works printed as early as 1605.

Montgomery has been the home of [[Alabama State University]], a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]], since the Lincoln Normal University for Teachers relocated from [[Marion, Alabama|Marion]] in 1887. Today, ASU is the second largest HBCU in Alabama enrolling nearly 5,000 students from 42 U.S. states and 7 countries.<ref name="ASU">{{cite web |title=About ASU |url=http://www.alasu.edu/about/ |access-date=June 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522034510/http://www.alasu.edu/about/ |archive-date=May 22, 2008 }}</ref> The public [[Troy University at Montgomery|Troy University]] maintains a 3,000 student population campus in downtown Montgomery that houses the [[Rosa Parks]] Library and Museum. Another public institution, [[Auburn University at Montgomery]], with an enrollment of nearly 5,000 mostly from the [[Montgomery metropolitan area|Montgomery area]], is in the eastern part of the city.<ref name="AUM">{{cite web |title=About Auburn University at Montgomery |url=http://www.aum.edu/about-aum |access-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105064050/http://www.aum.edu/about-aum |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Montgomery's Baptist Medical Center South also hosts a branch of the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] medical school on its campus on the Eastern Boulevard.

Montgomery also is home to several private colleges: [[Faulkner University]], which has an enrollment of 2,952 (fall 2023), is a [[Church of Christ]]-affiliated school which is home to the [[Thomas Goode Jones School of Law]];<ref name="Faulkner">{{cite web |title=Faulkner University – Discover Faulnker |date=November 2023 |url=https://www.faulkner.edu/community/faulkner-university-sees-growth-increase-in-enrollment-across-all-programs-this-fall/ |access-date=March 4, 2024}}</ref> [[Huntingdon College]], which has a current student population of approximately 1,100 and is affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]];<ref name="HU">{{cite web |title=About Huntington College |url=https://www.huntingdon.edu/about-huntingdon-college/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021184222/https://www.huntingdon.edu/about-huntingdon-college/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Amridge University]].

Several two-year colleges have campuses in Montgomery, including [[H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College]]<ref name="Trenholm State Technical College">{{cite web |title=About Trenholm State: History |url=http://www.trenholmstate.edu/college-info/about-trenholm.cms |access-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213132531/http://www.trenholmstate.edu/college-info/about-trenholm.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Maxwell Air Force Base]] is the headquarters for [[Air University (United States)|Air University]], the [[United States Air Force]]'s center for professional military education. Branches of Air University based in Montgomery include the [[Squadron Officer School]], the [[Air Command and Staff College]], the [[Air War College]], and the [[Community College of the Air Force]].<ref name="Air U">{{cite web |title=USAF Air University |url=http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/facts.asp |access-date=June 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821094231/http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/facts.asp |archive-date=August 21, 2007}}</ref>