Editing Flatwoods, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
The majority of the city sits within the [http://www.russellind.kyschools.us/ Russell Independent School District], which also includes the cities of [[Russell, Kentucky|Russell]] and [[Bellefonte, Kentucky|Bellefonte]]. The main campus for the district, which includes [[Russell High School (Kentucky)|Russell High School]], Russell Middle School, Russell Primary School and the Russell Area Technology Center, sits on Red Devil Lane on the Russell/Flatwoods city line; the schools' mailing addresses are Russell but they primarily receive police and fire protection from Flatwoods. The city boundary passes through the high school building, as well as the school's athletic facilities. The middle and primary schools are entirely within Flatwoods, and all but a small part of the technology center is also in Flatwoods. In addition, one school, Russell-McDowell Intermediate School, sits on Long Street, firmly within the Flatwoods city limits. The district's central office is on Powell Lane in Flatwoods, near Russell-McDowell Intermediate School.

Some students in a small section of the city near The French Oaks golf course attend the Raceland–Worthington Independent Schools.

There are six institutions of higher education located within an hour's drive of Flatwoods: [[Ashland Community and Technical College]] in Ashland, [[Kentucky Christian University]] in [[Grayson, Kentucky|Grayson]], [[Ohio University Southern Campus]] in [[Ironton, Ohio]], [[Shawnee State University]] in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]] as well as [[Marshall University]] and [[Mountwest Community and Technical College]], both of which are located in [[Huntington, West Virginia]].

The Greenup County [[Public Library]] has a branch library in Flatwoods.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>