Editing Marshall, Texas (section)

==Education==
[[Marshall Independent School District]] is the sole [[school district]] covering the city limits,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48203_harrison/DC20SD_C48203.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harrison County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-11}}</ref> with approximately 6,000 students at eight campuses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://marshallisd.com/home|access-date=2020-06-18|website=marshallisd.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Directory|url=https://marshalltexas.com/directory/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=marshalltexas.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

Trinity Episcopal School serves students from preschool through eighth grade at two campuses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.trinitymarshall.org/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Trinity Marshall|language=en}}</ref>

Former public schools:{{fact|date=February 2024}}
*Marshall Christian Academy

===Higher education===
More than 3,500 students annually{{fact|date=February 2024}} attend colleges in the city: [[East Texas Baptist University]], [[Wiley College]], [[Texas State Technical College]]-Marshall, and [[Panola College]]-Marshall.

Panola College is the assigned community college for the majority of Harrison County, Marshall included,<!--The source doesn't explicitly say Marshall city, but since only the part of Hallsville ISD is excluded, and all of Marshall is in Marshall ISD according to the census map, then Marshall is in Panola College's boundary--> according to the Texas Education Code.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm|title=Sec. 130.194. PANOLA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.}}</ref>

Wiley College is one of the oldest [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black institutions]] in the United States. It was the setting of the film ''[[The Great Debaters]],'' which depicted Wiley College's debate team's struggle for racial equality. The team challenged the Harvard University debate team on the national circuit. In reality, [[Melvin B. Tolson]]'s 1935 debate team, which included civil rights leader [[James Farmer]], debated and defeated that year's [[Pi Kappa Delta]] Forensic Society's national champions, the University of Southern California.<ref>''Bay Bare the Heart'', James L. Farmer, Jr. and AMC documentary, ''The Real Great Debaters.''
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