Editing Brownwood, Texas (section)

==Education==
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Almost all of the city is in the [[Brownwood Independent School District]]. The portion around [[Brownwood Regional Airport]] is in the [[Early Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48049_brown/DC20SD_C48049.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brown County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-18}}<br>Compare to: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4810780_brownwood/DC20BLK_P4810780.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Brownwood city, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-18|quote=Brownwood Regional Arprt}}</ref>

[[Brownwood High School]] has a strong tradition of nonsports [[University Interscholastic League|UIL]] participation, including academic competitions and drama (one-act plays). Other opportunities for student participation include band, [[DECA (organization)|DECA]], [[National FFA Organization|FFA]], [[drill team]] (the Lionettes), [[Key Club]], student council, [[Students Against Destructive Decisions]], and [[National Honor Society]].

The BHS mascot is the lion, with school colors of maroon and white. The school was tied for most state championships in high school [[American football|football]], with seven, the last coming in 1981, until [[Celina High School (Texas)|Celina]] won its eighth state championship in 2007. [[Gordon Wood (American football coach)|Gordon Wood]], who coached at Brownwood High for a quarter-century, retired in 1985 as one of the greatest coaches in Texas history, with 396 wins. He was recently surpassed by former Celina and [[Pilot Point High School|Pilot Point]] coach [[G. A. Moore]]. Many athletes from surrounding communities move to Brownwood to play for the maroon and white.

Brownwood is home to [[Howard Payne University]]. The university's teams achieved national championship status in 1957 and 1964 in NAIA Cross Country, and in 2008 with NCAA Division III Women's Basketball. The [[Douglas MacArthur]] Academy of Freedom, a museum with recreations of famous rooms in American history, such as [[Independence Hall]], and a {{convert|32|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} mural depicting Biblical history, is on the Howard Payne campus.

Brownwood is also the home of a West Texas campus of the [[Texas State Technical College System]]. Computer-aided drafting and design, digital imaging and design, software and business accounting, associate degree nursing, chemical dependency counseling, health information technology, computer network systems and administration, computer science database and web programming technology, emergency medical technology (paramedics), mechatronics, and welding technology are some of the courses offered at the TSTC campus.