Editing Gainesville, Texas (section)

==Education==

=== Gainesville ISD ===

The city is served by the [[Gainesville Independent School District]], which consists of:

* Gainesville Head Start (toddlers/preschool)
* Thomas A. Edison Elementary (pre-kindergarten (age 4), kindergarten and grade 1)
* W E. Chalmers Elementary (grades 2–4)
* Gainesville Intermediate (grades 5–6)**
* Gainesville Junior High School (grades 7–8)
* Gainesville High School (grades 9-12)

The high school boasts various athletic and academic championships. The GHS varsity basketball team won the 3A-Division I State Championship in 2002, and the varsity football team won the 3A-Division I State Championship in 2003. A notable member of the 2003 championship football team was [[Darcel McBath]], who was recruited by and played for the [[Texas Tech University]] Red Raiders and was drafted in the third round of the [[2010 NFL draft]] by the [[Denver Broncos]]. Another player who went on to play for the NFL is [[Kevin Mathis]], who played first for the [[Dallas Cowboys]], then for the [[Atlanta Falcons]] and [[New Orleans Saints]]. The high school has also been historically competitive in University Interscholastic League academic competition, boasting numerous district, regional, and state championships in many categories.

** The campus was [https://www.gainesvilleisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=185&ModuleInstanceID=908&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=15996&PageID=866 officially renamed in 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725142835/https://www.gainesvilleisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=185&ModuleInstanceID=908&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=15996&PageID=866 |date=July 25, 2021 }} from Robert E. Lee Intermediate School with the name change taking effect as of the 2021–2022 school year.

=== Higher education ===

[[File:North Central Texas College June 2017 10 (Administration and Student Services Building).jpg|thumb|[[North Central Texas College]] Administration and Student Services Building]]

[[North Central Texas College]] (NCTC), a five-campus [[community college]] system, is headquartered in Gainesville, with the main campus being located on the west side of town.

The college, which the [[Texas Legislature]] designates as serving Cooke County,<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code Sec. 130.190.  NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref> has locations in Gainesville, [[Bowie, Texas|Bowie]], [[Corinth, Texas|Corinth]], [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], [[Graham, Texas|Graham]], and [[Flower Mound, Texas|Flower Mound]]. Satellite locations exist at Northwest High School, Little Elm High School, and the Graham Education and Workforce Center. NCTC began as Gainesville Junior College in 1924, and has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operated community college in Texas. NCTC has come to be known for its ever-growing health-sciences program. It offers help such as writing and math labs, which are tutoring centers for students to get more out of their education. Areas of study include certified nursing assistant, associate degree nursing (LVN), registered nurse, emergency medical technician, and radiology technician programs.

NCTC Lion/Lady Lion Athletics, which consists of baseball, softball, volleyball, and women's tennis, competes as part of the [[National Junior College Athletic Association]]. The NCTC Lion baseball team won the 2001 NJCAA National Championship.