Clay County is fortunate to host some of the area's best public school districts. The area is also home to nationally honored William Jewell College and Maple Woods Community College.

Area public school districts include highly ranked North Kansas City, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Kearney and Smithville. Neighboring Platte County has the Park Hill School District and the Platte County R-III District. All of these districts provide both quality education and important community focus.

Although not part of local schools, Clay County is also fortunate to be served by the excellent Mid-Continent Public Library System, which maintains branches in most Northland communities and a cutting-edge computer access network. In addition, North Kansas City operates a high quality, independent municipal library.

More information on public schools is available in the new EDC Education Brochure. Or you may visit the Northland Schools Alliance Web site for more information on Northland's quality education. Individual links to area schools and colleges include:

Public Schools
Excelsior Springs School District
North Kansas City School District
Kearney School District
Liberty School District
Smithville School District

Private Schools
St. Pius X High School
St. Patrick School
St. Charles Borromeo School
St. Andrew the Apostle School
St. James School
St. Therese School
St. Gabriel School (Web site currently under construction) E-mail: stgabrielschool@hotmail.com
Northland Early Education Center

Education Colleges
Maple Woods Community College
William Jewell College
Sanford Brown College