Editing Prairie View, Texas (section)

==Education==

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:Annie Laurie Evans Hall.JPG|thumb|230px|Evans Hall at Prairie View A&M University]]
Prairie View is home to [[Prairie View A&M University]]. The university was established in 1876 as a [[historically black college]] under the [[Morill Land-Grant Acts]], making it the first public institution of higher learning in Texas to educate African-Americans. Prairie View A&M grants both graduate and undergraduate degrees in more than 50 majors and is classified as a  [[Doctoral university|Doctoral/Research University]] by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]]. As of fall 2022, Prairie View A&M is the largest [[HBCU]] in the state and one of the largest in the country with nearly 9,500 students, approximately 83% Black/African-American.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ananuniversity.com/are-there-any-hbcus-in-texas/ | title=Are there any HBCUs in Texas? 8 Things About HBCU in Texas - AnanUniversity | date=5 October 2022 }}</ref>

[[Blinn College]] is the designated community college for residents of the [[Waller Independent School District]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.168.  BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref> Blinn operates the Waller-Harris County Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blinn.edu/waller/index.html|title=Waller-Harris County|publisher=[[Blinn College]]|access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref>

===Primary and secondary schools===
The City of Prairie View is served by the [[Waller Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48473_waller/DC20SD_C48473.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Waller County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-09}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48473_waller/DC20SD_C48473_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Schools serving Prairie View include:
* [[Waller High School]] (''Unincorporated [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]]'')<!--https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4844430 Only HS in Waller ISD -->
* {{Asof|2024}} most of Prairie View is zoned to [https://web.archive.org/web/20080319084958/http://www.wallerisd.net/schultz/ Wayne C. Schultz Junior High School] (''Unincorporated Harris County''), while portions south of Business 290 are zoned to [https://web.archive.org/web/20080415011254/http://www.wallerisd.net/wallerjh/ Waller Junior High School] ([[Waller, Texas|Waller]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wallerisd.net/cms/lib/TX02205264/Centricity/Domain/13/Junior%20High%20Attendance%20Zones%202016-17.pdf|title=Junior High Schools Attendance Zone Map|publisher=[[Waller Independent School District]]|access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311054213/http://www.wallerisd.net/jones/ Herman T. Jones Elementary School] (Prairie View)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wallerisd.net/cms/lib/TX02205264/Centricity/Domain/499/24-25%20Elementary%20Attendance%20Zone%20Map%20-%20Detail%20View.pdf|title=2024-2025 Elementary School Attendance Zones Map (Detail View)|publisher=[[Waller Independent School District]]|access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref>