Editing Farmington, West Virginia (section)

==Education==
For public education, the town is part of Marion County Schools, which covers all of Marion County. Preschool through grade three attend Fairview Elementary School and grades four through eight attend Fairview Middle School, both in nearby [[Fairview, West Virginia|Fairview]], while students in grades nine through twelve attend [[North Marion High School (West Virginia)|North Marion High School]], which is located approximately {{convert|2|mi}} east of Farmington on US Route 250 and has a Farmington mailing address. Adjacent to North Marion High School is the Marion County Technical Center, which houses vocational and career tech programs available to high school students from the entire district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Attendance Areas |url=https://www.marionboe.com/page/attendance-areas |access-date=February 6, 2024 |date=June 7, 2010 |publisher=Marion County Schools}}</ref> 

Prior to 1975, Farmington had its own high school, Farmington High School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farmington High School alumni gather for 18th homecoming |url=https://www.timeswv.com/news/farmington-high-school-alumni-gather-for-18th-homecoming/article_1624409c-9307-11e8-a549-7f906dfab5da.html |newspaper=Times West Virginian |date=July 29, 2018 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |author=Hrin, Eric }}</ref> Athletic teams were known as the Farmers. It was closed due to structural issues caused by mine [[subsidence]], which affected several other properties in town during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alternatives To Protect Property Owners From Damages Caused By Mine Subsidence |url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/ced-79-25.pdf |date=February 14, 1979 |publisher=Comptroller General of the United States |pages=20–21 |access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref> North Marion opened four years later as a consolidation of the remaining surrounding high schools.