Editing Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
[[Image:Map of Mifflin County Pennsylvania School Districts.png|thumb|250 px|right|Map of Mifflin County Pennsylvania Public School Districts]]

===Public school districts===
Most of the county is served by the [[Mifflin County School District]], with the exception of Wayne Township and the boroughs of Newton-Hamilton and Kistler, which are part of the [[Mount Union Area School District]].
* [[Mifflin County School District]]
* [[Mount Union Area School District]] (also in Huntingdon County)

===Head Start preschool programs===
Head Start is a federally and state funded preschool program for low income children. The program serves 3- and 4-year-olds. In order to participate the family income must be below federal poverty guidelines.
* Coleman Head Start Center<ref>Snyder, Union, Mifflin Child Development Report. Feb 2010</ref>
* McVeytown Head Start Center

===Private schools===
* Sacred Heart provides a private, Catholic education from kindergarten through fifth grade.<ref>[http://sacredheartschool.com/?page_id=328 Sacred Heart School/Academics (accessed 23 May 2019)]</ref>
* Belleville Mennonite School, Beth-El Christian Day School, and Valley View Christian School provide Mennonite education through grade twelve.
* Mifflin County Christian Academy located in Decatur Township provides [[Christianity|Christian]] education from kindergarten through grade twelve as well as day care.
* Several Old Order Amish schools provide education through grade eight.

===Colleges and universities===
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology located in Lewistown provides post high school degrees in nursing, auto mechanics and electrical services and other technology driven careers.

The Lewistown branch of the South Hills School of Business and Technology offers associate degrees and other certifications in various areas of business, technology, and some health care. (Closed 2019)

The Penn State Learning Center in Lewistown offers both two-year and four-year degrees. Recently, the Learning Center opened a state-of-the-art science lab to be used by students attending the Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing.