Editing Finlayson, Minnesota (section)

==Education==
Finlayson is served by the [[Hinckley-Finlayson School District]].<ref name=PineCoSDmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27115_pine/DC20SD_C27115.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811145233/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27115_pine/DC20SD_C27115.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-11 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pine County, MN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-08-11}}</ref> The district was established in 1994 by consolidating the Hinckley and Finlayson districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/schdistcon.aspx?src=34|title=School District Consolidations|publisher=[[Minnesota House of Representatives]]|accessdate=2021-08-11}}</ref>

[[East Central Schools]] has a Finlayson postal address, but its facilities are not in the Finlayson city limits,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eastcentral.k12.mn.us/|title=Home|publisher=East Central Schools|accessdate=2021-08-11|quote=61085 State Hwy 23, Finlayson, MN 55735}}</ref> nor do they serve the Finlayson city limits.<ref name=PineCoSDmap/>

; Elementary school
Finlayson Elementary School is right off of Highway 18 and is referred to as "the School Growing in the Pines", being surrounded by pine trees. The school is dedicated to John W. Osborne, a former superintendent at the school. It hosts grades K-6 and provides preschool a few days a week. All classes have fewer than 20 students, making the enrollment around 80 for seven grades.

Due to budget cuts, the teacher to student ratio is approximately 1/14. In 2006, classes were combined; first and second, third and fourth, and fifth and sixth grades were taught together in one room by one teacher.

; High school
The former Finlayson High School was torn down in 2004 due to instability. The last class to graduate was the class of 1990. Students who attend high school in Finlayson were moved to Hinckley High School to finish their education. Finlayson High School's colors were maroon and gold and the mascot was a falcon. Later, the high school in Hinckley changed its name to Hinckley-Finlayson High School. Hinckley changed its mascot from the Vulcans (red and silver) to the Jaguars (red, black, and silver) during this switch. Finlayson students make a 30-minute commute to Hinckley for high school. The average class size is between 50-80 students with around 400 students total. Finlayson students make up about 18% of the school.