Editing Hutchinson, Minnesota (section)

==Education==
[[File:Hutchinson Exterior.jpg|thumb|left|Ridgewater College]]
Hutchinson is home to a campus of [[Ridgewater College]], a comprehensive community and technical college (another campus is in [[Willmar, Minnesota]]). The original use of the campus was for an Area Vocational Technical Institute. The Vo-Tech merged with a similar institute in Willmar, and ultimately the Willmar Community College joined the two Vo-Techs to form Ridgewater College, a member of the [[Minnesota State Colleges and Universities|MnSCU]] system. Although begun as a technical institute, since the creation of Ridgewater the Hutchinson campus has shown a steady increase in the number of "transfer" (versus "technical") programs, faculty, and students. From 2004 to 2006, significant remodeling included the installation of new facilities for the school's nursing programs, plus new biology, chemistry, and physics laboratories. A notable and unique technical program on the Hutchinson campus is [[Nondestructive testing|Nondestructive Testing]].

Not including the two charter schools (New Discoveries Montessori Academy and New Century Academy), there are five public schools. The school names and grades for Independent School District #423 are West Elementary (Pre–1), Tiger Elementary (2–3) Park Elementary (4–5), Hutchinson Middle School (6–8), and [[Hutchinson High School (Minnesota)|Hutchinson High School (9–12)]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hutch.k12.mn.us/pageView.cfm | title=Hutchinson Public Schools }}</ref> Private schools in the city include [[Maplewood Academy]].

Immanuel Lutheran School is a Christian Pre-K–8 school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Hutchinson.<ref>{{cite web |title=School |date=August 3, 2012 |url=https://www.immanuelhutch.com/school/ |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>