Editing Carthage, Missouri (section)

== Education and extracurricular activities ==
It is in the [[Carthage R-IX School District]].<!--UNI 07460--><ref name=2020CensusSDMapJasperCo>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29097_jasper/DC20SD_C29097.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jasper County, MO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29097_jasper/DC20SD_C29097_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> It operates five elementary schools (Pleasant Valley, Steadley, Fairview, Mark Twain, and Columbian), an intermediate center, a 6th Grade Center, Carthage Jr. High School, and [[Carthage Senior High School (Carthage, Missouri)|Carthage Senior High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/carthage/carthage-r_ix-school-district/schools/ | title=Carthage R-Ix School District | publisher=Greatschools | access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> It also operates a Technical Center that offers courses to both current high schoolers and community members.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Carthage Technical Center |url=https://ctc.carthagetigers.org/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=ctc.carthagetigers.org |language=English}}</ref> This primarily includes an in depth [[Licensed practical nurse|practical nursing]] program, [[construction]] and [[carpentry]] classes, and [[forklift]] certifications. The school district has 5,062 students as of the 2023-2024 school year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Detail for CARTHAGE R-IX |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&ID2=2907460 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>

The town has a lending library, the Carthage Public Library.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Library - Carthage Public Library |url=http://www.carthage.lib.mo.us/about-the-library/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Carthage Public Library |publisher=}}</ref> It opened in 1905 after receiving a grant of $25,000 from [[Andrew Carnegie]] and passing a tax vote to support the library 831 to 94 and was built using Carthage Marble. The library was renovated and expanded upon in starting in 2006 and ending in 2008. In late 2020, an annex named the Steadley Family Legacy Center opened that functioned as a maker space for the community providing [[3D printing|3D printers]] and other hands on tools for creating.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Makerspace Building – Carthage Public Library |url=http://www.carthage.lib.mo.us/makerspace-building/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>