Editing Wichita Falls, Texas (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[Public education|Public primary and secondary education]] is covered by the following school districts: [[Wichita Falls Independent School District]], [[City View Independent School District]], [[Burkburnett Independent School District]], and [[Iowa Park Consolidated Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48485_wichita/DC20SD_C48485.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wichita County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-06-28}}</ref> Several private and parochial schools operate in the city, as does an active [[Homeschooling|home-school]] community. Many of the local elementary schools participate in the [[Head Start (education)|Head Start]] program for preschool-aged children.

Two schools in the Wichita Falls ISD participate in the [[International Baccalaureate]] programs. [[Hirschi High School]] offers the [[IB Diploma Programme]], and G.H. Kirby Junior High School for the [[Middle Years Programme]]. Other public high schools are [[Wichita Falls High School]] and [[S. H. Rider High School]] (Wichita Falls ISD) and [[City View Junior/Senior High School|City View High School]] (City View ISD).

By 1879, the first school was established. The first public school was a log structure established in the 1880s; in 1885, it was replaced with a former courthouse. [[Wichita Falls High School]] opened in 1890. That year, a school district was created, but problems with the law allowing its establishment meant it was dissolved in 1894 and the city provided schooling until the second establishment of a school district in 1900. In 1908, the [[Texas Legislature]] issued a charter for WFISD.<ref name=SweetenShultsdemo>{{cite web|author=Sweeten-Shults, Lana|url=http://archive.timesrecordnews.com/news/education/tearing-down-history-alamo-and-holland-schools-2db4fb46-59b0-6fc4-e053-0100007f72f4-371934091.html|title=Tearing down history?: Alamo and Holland schools|newspaper=[[Times Record News]]|date=2016-03-14|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>

The city has a school for German children, Deutsche Schule Sheppard (DSS).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/auslandsschulen-der-bundeswehr-amerika-83678|title=Die Deutsche Schule Sheppard in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika |publisher=[[Bundeswehr]]|accessdate=2021-07-28}}</ref>

===Higher education===
[[File:Midwestern State University Hardin Administration Building.JPG|thumb|right|Hardin Administration Building at [[Midwestern State University]]]]
Wichita Falls is home to [[Midwestern State University]], an accredited four-year college in the [[Texas Tech University System]] and the only independent liberal arts college in Texas offering both bachelor's and master's [[Academic degree|degrees]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About MSU Texas »MSU Texas »|url=https://msutexas.edu/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=msutexas.edu|language=en}}</ref>

[[Vernon College]] is the designated community college for all of Wichita County.<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.207.  VERNON REGIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref> A local branch nearby offers two-year degrees, certificate programs, and workforce development programs.

[[Wayland Baptist University]], offering both bachelor's and master's degrees, has its main branch located in [[Plainview, Texas]].