Editing Minot, North Dakota (section)

==Education==
The [[Minot Public Schools]] system operates ten elementary schools (K–5) in the city: Bel Air,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D3 |title=Bel Air Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035814/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=3 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> Edison,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D21 |title=Edison Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035839/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=21 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> John Hoeven,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hoeven.minot.k12.nd.us/en-US | title=Home - John Hoeven Elementary School | access-date=July 16, 2022 | archive-date=July 16, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716130432/https://hoeven.minot.k12.nd.us/en-US | url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis and Clark,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D26 |title=Lewis and Clark Elementary |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035850/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=26 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> Longfellow,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D24 |title=Longfellow Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035900/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=24 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> McKinley<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mckinley.minot.k12.nd.us/en-US | title=Home - McKinley Elementary School }}</ref> Roosevelt,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D29 |title=Roosevelt Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040005/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=29 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> Perkett,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D28 |title=Perkett Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035952/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=28 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> Sunnyside,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D30 |title=Sunnyside Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040100/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=30 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }},</ref> and Washington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid%3D311 |title=Washington Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040113/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=311 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> The district also operates Bell Elementary, about five miles southeast of Minot. Jefferson Elementary closed in 2003. The old Washington Elementary building closed in 2007 and the students moved to a new building that was renovated from an old health care center. There are also two elementary schools (K–6) on the [[Minot Air Force Base]]: Dakota<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=20%20%0D |title=Dakota Elementary School |access-date=November 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070424143604/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=20 |archive-date=April 24, 2007 }}</ref> and North Plains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D27 |title=North Plains Elementary School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205035943/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=27 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> The [[2011 Souris River flood|2011 flood]] resulted in the relocation of Erik Ramstad Middle School and the closure of Lincoln Elementary, as both buildings were damaged beyond economical repair. Longfellow Elementary was expanded after the flood and children who lived in the Lincoln neighborhood then attended Longfellow Elementary.

There are four middle schools in the system. The three in Minot are grades 6–8: Jim Hill in the south,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D8 |title=Jim Hill Middle School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040124/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=8 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> Erik Ramstad in the north, and [https://central.minot.k12.nd.us/en-us Central Middle School] downtown. Memorial Middle School on Minot AFB<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid%3D2 |title=Memorial Middle School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040130/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> is named for fallen veterans of the U.S. [[armed forces]]. The school was built in the mid-1960s on the base's northern perimeter.

The city has two public high schools. On the southwest side of the city is [https://minothigh.minot.k12.nd.us/en-us Minot High School], constructed in 1973 just west of Jim Hill Middle School. On the north side of the city is [https://minotnorth.minot.k12.nd.us/en-us Minot North High School], newly completed in 2024. MPS also operates an [[adult learning]] center and Souris River Campus, an [[alternative high school]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=34 |title=Souris River Campus High School |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716215825/http://www.minot.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=34 |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us/mps/cc/history/school.html |title=The History Of Minot High School | last=Anderson| first=Bruce |access-date=February 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131234242/http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us/mps/cc/history/school.html |archive-date=January 31, 2008 }}</ref>

Private schools in Minot include [[Bishop Ryan Catholic School]], which offers preschool through grade 12 at a single campus. There is also a [[Protestant]] K–12 school, [[Our Redeemer's Christian School]].

Minot is also home to [[Minot State University]], the state's third-largest university. MSU's campus is at the base of North Hill, just west of Broadway. A two-year teacher's college when it opened in 1913, Minot State became a university in 1987.