Editing Flagstaff, Arizona (section)

==Education==
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[[File:NAU Campus.jpg|thumb|The north campus area of NAU, showing the Science and Health buildings (center) and the Liberal Arts building (bottom right)<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1916536,-111.6542511,329m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=North Campus NAU}}</ref>|alt=Large buildings]]

There are 19 [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]], with 11,500 students and 800 faculty and staff, in the [[Flagstaff Unified School District]]. In 1997, Mount Elden Middle School was named an A+ School, citing an outstanding school climate, progressive use of technology and zero-tolerance approach to discipline. The 1999 National Science Teacher of the Year, David Thompson, teaches physics at [[Coconino High School]].<ref name="FUSD">"[http://www.flagstaff.k12.az.us/district_information.htm District Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619070212/http://www.flagstaff.k12.az.us/district_information.htm |date=June 19, 2011 }}." ''[[Flagstaff Unified School District]].'' Retrieved on April 11, 2007.</ref> Three Arizona Teachers of the Year from 2001 through 2003 teach at Flagstaff High School.<ref name="AZTOTY">"[http://www.azedfoundation.org/toy-96-00.html Past Teachers of the Year and Ambassadors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528015533/http://www.azedfoundation.org/toy-96-00.html |date=May 28, 2007 }} ." ''[http://www.azedfoundation.org/ Arizona Education Foundation] .'' Retrieved on April 11, 2007.</ref> In 2012, Flagstaff was named America's first [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] Community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expectmorearizona.org/blog/2012/10/29/flagstaff-named-americas-first-stem-community/ |title=Flagstaff Named America's First STEM Community |date=October 29, 2007 |website=Expect More Arizona |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125023937/https://www.expectmorearizona.org/blog/2012/10/29/flagstaff-named-americas-first-stem-community/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to the numerous public schools, there are several [[charter schools]] operating in the Flagstaff area including Flagstaff Junior Academy, [[Northland Preparatory Academy]] (ranked No. 52 in ''US News''{{'}}s America's Top 100 Best High Schools), the [[Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy]], Pine Forest Charter School, BASIS Flagstaff (ranked No. 2 in The Washington Post's America's Most Challenging High schools) and the [[Montessori method|Montessori]] Schools of Flagstaff.

Flagstaff is home to three institutions of higher education, [[Northern Arizona University]] (one of the three public state universities in Arizona); [[Coconino Community College]]; and Flagstaff College (a very small [[Upper division college|upper-division college]] with only one major – sustainability and social justice).