Modesto, California

==Education==

===City schools===
[[Modesto City Schools]] was established for students in the community in 1871. The current enrollment is approximately 32,000 students. The district operates 23 elementary schools (K-6), four junior high schools (7–8), seven [[comprehensive high school]]s (9–12), and an alternative education program that includes an opportunity and continuation school, independent study and adult evening high school. The seventh comprehensive high school, Joseph Gregori High School, was recently completed. Modesto's oldest high school, [[Modesto High School]], also offers an [[International Baccalaureate]] program, and is the only high school in Stanislaus County accredited for this program. There are other elementary school districts within and adjacent to the limits of Modesto City Schools that feed into the high schools. They include Sylvan Union (serving the eastern portion of Modesto), Stanislaus Union, Hart-Ransom, Shilo and Paradise Elementary School Districts.

===Private schools===
*[[Modesto Christian School]] (K–12), [[Central Catholic High School (Modesto, California)|Central Catholic High School]], Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, St. Stanislaus Catholic School, Big Valley Christian School, and Grace Lutheran School are private religious schools located in Modesto.
*[[ULCO Seminary (U.S.A.)]] has its international headquarters in Modesto.

===Higher education===
* [[Modesto Junior College]] is a two-year junior college in Modesto and has over 20,000 students enrolled and 21 inter-collegiate sports teams.
* [http://www.communitybusinesscollege.edu/ Community Business College], vocational college in Modesto providing vocational training and job placement services to the unemployed with non-profit tuition scholarships. Offers training in medical office, bookkeeping, property management, foreign languages, medical coding and solar technologies.