Midland, Texas

== Education ==
=== Colleges and universities ===
Midland is the home of [[Midland College]] (MC), which offers over 50 programs of study for associate degrees and certificates to more than 6,000 students who enroll each semester. MC offers programs in health sciences, information technology, and aviation, including a professional pilot training program. MC is one of only three community colleges in Texas approved to offer a bachelor's degree in applied technology. Steve Thomas is MC's president.

Midland is home to the [[Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus]]'s physician assistant program, on the MC campus. The entry-level graduate program awards a Master of Physician Assistant Studies following 27 months of intensive academic and clinical training.

==== Visiting lectures ====
Twice each year, the Davidson Distinguished Lectures Series at [[Midland College]] presents free public lectures by "nationally known speakers whose academic accomplishments, civic leadership, and/or public achievements interest, enrich, and enlighten Midland students and citizens."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandcollegefoundation.org/davidson_distinguished_lecture_series/upcoming_events/index/index.php |title=Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series |website=Midlandcollegefoundation.org |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref> The series was endowed in 1996, and has brought a diverse selection of speakers to Midland, including [[Ken Burns]], [[Richard Leakey]], [[Bill Moyers]], [[Mark Russell]], [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], [[Richard Rodriguez]], [[Shelby Foote]], [[Anna Deavere Smith]], [[Bill Nye]], [[John Updike]] and [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]].

=== Primary and secondary schools ===
[[Midland Independent School District]] serves the portion in Midland County, as in the vast majority of Midland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48329_midland/DC20SD_C48329.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Midland County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 25, 2022}}</ref> Midland is home to three public high schools: [[Midland High School (Midland, Texas)|Midland High School]], [[Legacy High School (Midland, Texas)|Legacy High School]] and Early College High School (ECHS) at Midland College, all of which are part of MISD. Another school district just outside Midland, [[Greenwood Independent School District]], serves approximately 3,000 students<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 8, 2015|title=Greenwood ISD|url=https://schools.texastribune.org/districts/greenwood-isd/|access-date=July 18, 2021|website=Texas Public Schools|language=en}}</ref> and operates [[Greenwood High School (Texas)|Greenwood High School]], James R. Brooks Middle School, Greenwood Intermediate, and Greenwood Elementary.

In July 2020 the Midland Independent School District voted to change the name of the former Robert E. Lee High School to Legacy High School in the wake of the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/education/members-of-misd-to-vote-on-renaming-robert-e-lee-high-school/513-fcb405a9-8e52-4afe-9042-8a23182e101b|title=Members of MISD to vote on renaming Robert e. Lee High School and Robert e. Lee Freshman High School|date=July 25, 2020 }}</ref>

ECHS welcomed its first freshman class on August 24, 2009. It aims to award students their associate degrees from [[Midland College]] by the time they receive their high school diplomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2009/08/20/news/top_stories/early_college_high_school_bts.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911114200/http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2009/08/20/news/top_stories/early_college_high_school_bts.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |title=Early College High School a 'once-in-a-lifetime' chance for students |publisher=Mywesttexas.com |access-date=November 16, 2012 }}</ref>

The portion in Martin County is in the [[Stanton Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48317_martin/DC20SD_C48317.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Martin County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 25, 2022}}</ref>

Midland has many private schools, including Hillcrest School, Hillander, Midland Classical Academy, Midland Christian School, Midland Montessori, St. Ann's School, and Trinity School of Midland. It is also home to four charter schools: Richard Milburn Academy, [[Premier High School of Midland|Premier High School]], Texas Leadership Charter Academy, and Midland Academy Charter School.