Editing Pasco, Washington (section)

==Education==
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Pasco is served by the [[Pasco School District (Washington)|Pasco School District]], [[Columbia Basin College]], and [[Washington State University Tri-Cities]].

[[Pasco High School (Washington)|Pasco High School]] is the older of the city's two public high schools, and was the largest in the state before Chiawana was built. The city's second high school—[[Chiawana High School]]—opened in August 2009. Chiawana, along with Pasco High, are both one of the largest high schools in Washington State.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burton |first=Lynsi |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Biggest high schools of Washington 2019 |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/slideshow/Biggest-high-schools-of-Washington-2019-184930.php |work=seattlepi.com |accessdate=May 4, 2021}}</ref> The Pasco Bulldog school colors are purple and white; the Chiawana Riverhawk school colors are navy blue and silver.  In spring 2015, Delta High School (or DHS) opened in Pasco. It provides a STEM-based curriculum for students in grades 9–12 from three school districts in the Tri-Cities area. The school is operated as a collaborative effort by the Kennewick School District, Pasco School District, and Richland School District, and in partnerships with a local skill center, colleges, and businesses. The school has been designated by the state as an Existing Innovative School.

Privately, Pasco and the greater Tri-Cities area is served by [[Tri-Cities Prep (Pasco, Washington)|Tri-Cities Prep]], a Catholic high school off of Road 100, and St. Patrick's grade school next door to the campus of Pasco High School.

With a rapidly growing campus, Columbia Basin College is the largest public two-year community college in Southeastern Washington with a student body of nearly 7,000 students. The college was founded in 1955 and serves students from the entire Tri-Cities region.

There are four middle schools in Pasco, serving students ranging from grade six to eight. The easternmost school is [[Ellen Ochoa Middle School]], the westernmost is [[John McLoughlin Middle School]], the one in the central part of town is [[Isaac Stevens Middle School]], and the one in the north-west is [[Ray Reynolds Middle School]].

The school district has 18 elementary schools.