Editing Rocky Mount, North Carolina (section)

==Education==
{{main|List of schools in Rocky Mount, North Carolina}}
[[File:Braswell drone.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of [[North Carolina Wesleyan University]] campus]]
[[North Carolina Wesleyan University]] is a four-year private [[liberal arts]] college located in Rocky Mount and home to the Eastern North Carolina Center for Business and Entrepreneurship. The center's programs are free, open to the public, and focus on business development, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Corey |title=New director leads business center |date=December 14, 2018 |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2018/12/14/New-director-leads-business-center.html |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> 

The city is also served by [[Nash Community College]], which has a brewing, distillation, and fermentation program in partnership with the [[Rocky Mount Mills|Mills]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Deal |first=Kelley |title=NCC brewing program taps new instructors |date=August 26, 2018 |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Community-Columnists/2018/08/26/Kelley-Deal-NCC-brewing-program-taps-new-instructors.html |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> [[Edgecombe Community College]] has a downtown campus specializing in biotechnology and medical simulation, one of only two such centers in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenleaf.org/news/biotechnology-medical-simulation-center-ecc-one-two-state-300-students-enrolled-programs-45000-square-foot-facility/ |title=Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center at ECC One of Two in the State - Golden LEAF Foundation |website=[[Golden LEAF Foundation]] |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Shaw University]]'s College of Adult and Professional Education (C.A.P.E.) has a satellite campus in [[Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District|Mills Village]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2016/08/17/Shaw-University-moves-RM-campus-to-BrewMill.html |last=Harper |first=Amelia |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |title=Shaw site moves to mill village |access-date=July 15, 2019 |date=August 17, 2016}}</ref>

The city of Rocky Mount is primarily served by the [[Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools|Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System]], which as a whole has 15,000 students in 28 schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrms.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01800012/Centricity/Domain/717/2017%20fast%20facts.pdf |title=2017 Fast Facts |website=[[Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools]] |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Parts of the city in [[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]] are also served by the [[Edgecombe County Public Schools]] system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecps.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=434338&type=d&pREC_ID=944040 |title=Schools - Edgecombe County Public Schools |website=[[Edgecombe County Public Schools]] |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Public high schools include [[Nash Central High School]], [[Northern Nash High School]], [[Rocky Mount High School]], Southwest Edgecombe High School and [[Southern Nash High School]]. 

Three non-traditional public schools are Tar River Academy, The Center for Industry Technology and Innovation and its sister school, the Nash Rocky Mount Early College. The one local charter school is Rocky Mount Preparatory School. There are also a number of private schools in the area.

[[Braswell Memorial Library]] serves the community as its major [[public library]] with affiliated libraries throughout the Twin Counties. It recently became part of the [[State Library of North Carolina|State Library]]'s NC Cardinal consortium of public libraries. These share an integrated system allowing books and other materials to be checked out from other libraries across the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://braswell-library.libguides.com/home |title=Home - Braswell Memorial Library |website=Braswell Memorial Library |access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Community-Columnists/2019/02/24/Catherine-Roche-Braswell-joins-library-consortium.html |last=Roche|first=Catherine |title=Braswell joins library consortium |date=February 24, 2019 |newspaper=Rocky Mount Telegram |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref>