Editing Paintsville, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
[[File:Paintsville High School HR.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Paintsville High School]]

The [[Paintsville Independent School District]] includes [[Paintsville High School]] (7th–12th grades) and Paintsville Elementary School. Paintsville Independent has consistently had college attendance rates between 95% and 100% since 2008.<ref>[http://www.paintsville.kyschools.us/content_page2.aspx?cid=198 Modern Curriculum-Traditional Approach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016233015/http://www.paintsville.kyschools.us/content_page2.aspx?cid=198 |date=October 16, 2012 }} Paintsville Independent Schools. Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref> In 2012, the district had a composite ACT score of 22.7.<ref name=act>[http://openhouse.education.ky.gov/ACTAverage.aspx Average ACT Scores by School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123035119/http://openhouse.education.ky.gov/ACTAverage.aspx |date=January 23, 2011 }} Kentucky Department of Education. Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref> It was the 4th highest composite ACT score out of the 169 school districts in the state of Kentucky.<ref name=act/><ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/kentucky Best High Schools in Kentucky] U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref>
 
[[Johnson County School District (Kentucky)|Johnson County Schools]] also operates three schools within the city of Paintsville: [[Johnson Central High School]], [[Johnson County Middle School (Kentucky)]], and Central Elementary School. Johnson County is also well known for its academics. Johnson Central High School has won five international [[Future Problem Solving Program International|Future Problem Solving]] titles while the middle school has won 10 [[Governor's Cup (academics)|Governor's Cup]] state titles along with three international FPS titles.<ref>[http://ourladyschool.cdlex.org/ Johnson County Middle School Awards], Ourladyschool.cdlex.org, Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref><ref name="FPS">{{cite news|url=http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Johnson-County-schools-win-big-at-international-competition-211877671.html|title=Johnson County schools win big at international competition|date=June 18, 2013|publisher=[[WYMT-TV|WYMT]]|access-date=June 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093649/http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Johnson-County-schools-win-big-at-international-competition-211877671.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
 
Our Lady of the Mountains School is a private institution operated by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].<ref>[http://ourladyschool.cdlex.org/ Our Lady of the Mountains School] Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref>
 
[[Big Sandy Community and Technical College]] operates a campus in Paintsville that offers two-year degrees in various fields of study.<ref>[http://legacy.bigsandy.kctcs.edu/campuses/mayo.html BSCTC-Mayo Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306095437/http://legacy.bigsandy.kctcs.edu/campuses/mayo.html |date=March 6, 2013 }} Retrieved August 1, 2013</ref>

Paintsville has a [[public library|lending library]], the [[Johnson County Public Library]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 11, 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>