Editing Beattyville, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
Beattyville is served by the [[Lee County School District (Kentucky)|Lee County School District]]. Schools serving Beattyville include:
*Lee County Elementary School (''[[Unincorporated area]]'')
*Lee County Middle School
*[[Lee County High School (Kentucky)|Lee County High School]]
*Lee County Area Technology Center
*Lee County Alternative Education School

There is also a Board of Education and Central Office Complex building.

The Lee County Board of Education has announced plans to close Beattyville Elementary and transfer the students to Southside Elementary. To accommodate the influx of students, an expansion of the facilities at Southside will be required. The decision was not popular with residents of the community The Board of Education exhausted its bonding capacity to fund the addition to Southside, so it proposed a tax increase in 2013 to fund other repairs at other facilities. Residents of the county signed a petition to place the tax increase on the ballot. The school board decided to delay the implementation of the tax until 2014 so as not to have to pay approximately $20,000 to fund a special election. The school board passed the tax in 2014 and again, a petition was filed placing the matter on the ballot for the fall 2014 general election. The proposed tax increase was defeated by a large margin at the polls.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Two private schools serve the area as well: Beattyville Christian Academy and Grace Baptist Academy.

===Higher education===
There are no higher education opportunities in Beattyville or [[Lee County, Kentucky|Lee County]]. A number of technical colleges and universities are located within a {{convert|60|mi|adj=on|-1}} drive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkkentucky.com/EDIS/cmnty/EducTrain.aspx?cw=095 |website=thinkkentucky.com |title=Beattyville, Lee County – Community Profile |access-date=November 12, 2015 }}</ref>

* [[Hazard Community and Technical College]], Lees College Campus, 18 miles
* [[Kentucky Mountain Bible College]], 24 miles
* [[Berea College]], 53 miles
* [[Eastern Kentucky University]], 45 miles
* [[National College of Business & Technology|National College]], Richmond Branch, 45 miles

===Public library===
Beattyville  has a [[public library|lending library]], the Lee County Public Library.<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>