Editing Missouri City, Texas (section)

==Education==
===Primary and secondary schools===

====Public schools====
The Fort Bend County portion of Missouri City is served by [[Fort Bend Independent School District]], while the Harris County portion is served by [[Houston Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missouricitytx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3897/City-Limits?bidId=|title=City limits map|publisher=City of Missouri City|access-date=2019-11-03}} - For more details, see: [http://tx-missouricity2.civicplus.com/695 Map Book] -- To use this map, compare it with school boundary maps released by independent school districts.</ref> The Harris County portion is within Trustee District IX, represented by Lawrence Marshall as of 2008.<ref>"[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b591745faf105110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=245b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Trustee Districts Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711031532/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b591745faf105110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=245b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=2012-07-11 }}." ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Retrieved on November 11, 2008.</ref>

=====Fort Bend Independent School District=====
FBISD formed in 1959 by the consolidation of Missouri City Independent School District and the [[Sugar Land Independent School District]].<ref name=FBISDSchoolHist>"[https://www.fortbendisd.com/Page/226 History]." [[Fort Bend Independent School District]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2017.</ref>

It operates the following schools within the Missouri City<!--"Missouri City" is the city name, so city is repeated again but in lowercase for "city limits"--> city limits:
* Elementary schools:
** Armstrong Elementary School
** E. A. Jones Elementary School
** Glover Elementary School
** Hunters Glen Elementary School
** Lantern Lane Elementary School
** Palmer Elementary School
** Quail Valley Elementary School
<!--The Blue Ridge schools Briargate, Ridgegate, Ridgemont, Christa McAuliffe, etc. are **not** in the Missouri city limits-->

* Middle schools:
** Lake Olympia Middle School
** Missouri City Middle School
** Quail Valley Middle School
<!--Baines MS is not in the city limits yet as Sienna Plantation has not yet been annexed!-->

* High schools:
** [[Elkins High School (Texas)|Elkins High School]]
** [[Hightower High School]]
** [[Thurgood Marshall High School (Missouri City, Texas)|Thurgood Marshall High School]] 
** Willowridge High School
<!--Ridge Point HS is in Sienna Plantation which has not yet been annexed by Missouri City-->
In addition to these schools, a small portion of Missouri City is also served by Dulles Middle School, First Colony Middle School,<ref name=FBISDMS>"[http://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib09/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/103/MS%20Zone%20Map%2016%2017.pdf Middle School Attendance Zones]." [[Fort Bend Independent School District]]. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.</ref> [[Clements High School]] and [[Dulles High School (Sugar Land, Texas)|Dulles High School]], all in [[Sugar Land, Texas|Sugar Land]]. Some areas of Missouri City are served by other schools.<ref name=FBISDHS>"[http://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib09/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/103/HS%20Zone%20Map%2016%2017.pdf High School Attendance Zones]." [[Fort Bend Independent School District]]. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.</ref>

Prior to 1959 Missouri City High School, which merged into Dulles High that year, served the city.<ref name="web.archive.org">Solomon, Jerome. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120709123726/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1433312 FOOTBALL 1997/HIGH SCHOOLS/FORT BEND BONANZA/Phillips, Dulles in hunt to add to town's memories]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Thursday August 28, 1997. Special 33. Retrieved on December 31, 2011.</ref> At the time of the 1959 merger, white students attended an elementary school in Missouri City, a middle school in Sugar Land, and a high school site in Missouri City.<ref name=FBISDSchoolHist/> Annie Wilcox Elementary School initially occupied the former Missouri City High School building.<ref name=History2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us:80/about/history.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907032420/http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/about/history.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-07|title=FBISD History|publisher=Fort Bend Independent School District|date=2018-12-03|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref> The former combined elementary site now houses E. A. Jones Elementary School, the middle school site now houses Lakeview Elementary School, and the high school site now houses Missouri City Middle School. Dulles High became the high school for white students.<ref name=FBISDSchoolHist/>

There were three schools for black students, including [[M.R. Wood School]] in Sugar Land, housing grades 1–12, and the Staffordshire School in [[Stafford, Texas|Stafford]], which houses grades 1–4, as well as a school in [[Arcola, Texas|Arcola]]. There was a period where black secondary students in Missouri City were reassigned to M.R. Wood. FBISD desegregated in 1965.<ref name=FBISDSchoolHist/> Dulles Junior High School served as FBISD's sole junior high school from March 1965 to August 1975, and Missouri City Junior High School opened in October 1975 on the former Missouri City High site.<ref name=History2008/> Dulles High became the only zoned high school for students of all races in FBISD until [[Willowridge High School (Houston)|Willowridge High School]] opened in 1979.<ref name="web.archive.org"/> Wilcox Elementary had closed after Blue Ridge Elementary opened in August 1969.<ref name=History2008/>

=====Houston Independent School District=====
The Harris County portion of Missouri City is zoned to [[Houston Independent School District|HISD]] schools located in the city limits of [[Houston]]:
* Kate Bell Elementary School (places south of [[Beltway 8]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Bell_ES.pdf|title=Bell Elementary Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>
* Jenard M. Gross Elementary School (places north of Beltway 8)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Gross_ES.pdf|title=Gross Elementary Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>
* Louie Welch Middle School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Welch_MS.pdf|title=Welch Middle Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>
* [[Westbury High School (Houston)|Westbury High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Westbury_HS.pdf|title=Westbury High School Attendance Zone|publisher=[[Houston Independent School District]]|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>

====Private schools====
There are 13 private primary and secondary schools in Missouri City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/texas/missouri-city|title=Top Missouri City, TX Private Schools (2018-19)|website=www.privateschoolreview.com}}</ref>

Divine Savior Academy at Sienna Campus is a Christian preschool, elementary school, and middle school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Missouri City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sienna Campus |url=https://divinesavioracademy.com/sienna/default.aspx |website=Divine Savior Academy at Sienna Campus |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
The entire city is served by the [[Houston Community College System]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Sec. 130.182.  HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref>

===Public libraries===
Missouri City is served by the Missouri City Branch of the [[Fort Bend County Libraries]] system. The library, across the street from the City Hall complex and the Missouri City Civic Center, opened in June 1992. The {{convert|18642|sqft|sqm}} branch, designed by Hall/Merriman Architects, was the first of four branches built with 1989 bond funds.<ref>"[http://www.fortbend.lib.tx.us/branches/mc.html Missouri City Branch Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420035514/http://www.fortbend.lib.tx.us/branches/mc.html |date=April 20, 2010 }}." [[Fort Bend County Libraries]]. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.</ref>