Editing Manvel, Texas (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:Alvin ISD Manvel High School.jpg|thumb|[[Manvel High School]]]]

==== Public schools ====
Students in Manvel attend schools in the [[Alvin Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brazoriacad.org/uploads/1/2/9/0/12902727/manvel_city_of_small.pdf|title=City Limits of Manvel|publisher=Brazoria County Appraisal District|accessdate=2022-07-19}} - Compare to Alvin ISD boundary maps</ref>

Elementary schools in Manvel and serving Manvel include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=55762&FileName=ELEM_2020_21_Wallmap_36X36.pdf|title=Elementary 2020-21 Attendance Zones|publisher=[[Alvin Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-07-19}}</ref>
* E.C. Mason Elementary School
* Don Jeter Elementary School
* Meridiana Elementary School in [[Iowa Colony, Texas|Iowa Colony]]
* Hood-Case Elementary School in [[Alvin, Texas|Alvin]]
* [[Bel Sanchez]] Elementary School in [[Rosharon, Texas|Rosharon]]
* Pomona Elementary School

The following junior high schools serve Manvel: Manvel Junior High School, Rodeo Palms Junior High School, Caffey Junior High School, and Harby Junior High School (a small portion).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=55764&FileName=MID_2021_22_Wallmap_36X36.pdf|title=Junior High 2021-22 Attendance Zones|publisher=[[Alvin Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-07-19}}</ref> Most areas north of [[Texas State Highway 6]] are zoned to [[Manvel High School]] in Manvel while areas south of Highway 6 are zoned to [[Iowa Colony High School]] in [[Iowa Colony]].<ref name=HSmap2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=55765&FileName=HIGH_2022_23_Wallmap_36x36.pdf|title=High 2022-23 Attendance Zones|publisher=[[Alvin Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-07-19}}</ref>

Manvel was served by [[Alvin High School]] (in the nearby city of [[Alvin, Texas|Alvin]]),<ref>{{cite web|last=Summa|first=Andy|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pearland-news/article/Construction-slated-to-start-on-Manvel-High-1980977.php|title=Construction slated to start on Manvel High|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2004-04-15|accessdate=2022-07-19}} - Since Manvel High was Alvin ISD's second high school, Alvin High would have been the only one before 2006.</ref> until 2006, when Manvel High opened.<ref name=Thayergrad>{{cite news|author=Evans, Thayer|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pearland-news/article/Manvel-High-set-to-graduate-its-first-ever-class-1681443.php|title=Manvel High set to graduate its first-ever class|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2009-05-25|access-date=2017-01-01|quote=[...]since it first opened in August 2006 to freshmen and sophomore, {{sic}}[...]}}</ref> After Manvel High opened, the entire city was in the Manvel High zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvinisd.net/cms/lib/TX01001897/Centricity/Domain/26/High_school_map_update.pdf|title=High School Map Update|publisher=[[Alvin Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-07-19}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831095624/https://www.alvinisd.net/Page/435 This page identifies it as a 2012-2013 map] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831095624/https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=8&FileName=High+school+map+update.pdf Alternate URL] - As two high school zones are represented, this would be before [[Shadow Creek High School]] opened. Compare to the [[2000 U.S. Census]] maps: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st48_Texas/Place/4846500_Manvel/CBP4846500_000.pdf Index], pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st48_Texas/Place/4846500_Manvel/CBP4846500_001.pdf 1], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st48_Texas/Place/4846500_Manvel/CBP4846500_002.pdf 2], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st48_Texas/Place/4846500_Manvel/CBP4846500_003.pdf 3], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st48_Texas/Place/4846500_Manvel/CBP4846500_004.pdf 4].</ref> Beginning in 2016 [[Shadow Creek High School]] in [[Shadow Creek Ranch]], [[Pearland, Texas|Pearland]] served a portion of Manvel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=24520&FileName=high_wallmap_1516.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018133551/https://www.alvinisd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=243&dataid=24520&FileName=high_wallmap_1516.pdf |archive-date=2017-10-18 |title=High School Boundaries 2015-16|publisher=[[Alvin Independent School District]]|accessdate=2022-07-19}} - [https://web.archive.org/web/20151015052807/https://www.alvinisd.net/Page/435 This page states the new map was effective fall 2016] - Compare to maps of Manvel from the [[2010 U.S. Census]]: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4846500_manvel/DC10BLK_P4846500_000.pdf Index map] and pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4846500_manvel/DC10BLK_P4846500_001.pdf 1] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4846500_manvel/DC10BLK_P4846500_003.pdf 3].</ref> but as of 2022 this is no longer the case.<ref name=HSmap2022/>

With the passage of a local bond, several new schools, including an additional high school located in the neighboring city of Iowa Colony, will be constructed in coming years.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===Colleges and universities===
Manvel is served by the [[Alvin Community College]] system, with limited evening and weekend courses being offered at Manvel High School during the Fall and Spring terms.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Manvel is in the ACC taxation zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brazoriacad.org/uploads/1/2/9/0/12902727/alvincc_map_with_isd_boundaries__small_.pdf|title=Alvin Community College Taxation Boundary Layer|publisher=Brazoria County Appraisal District|access-date=2020-06-18}}</ref>

Manvel is also within {{convert|25|mi|km}} to several larger colleges including the University of Houston, Rice University, Texas A&M Galveston, University of St. Thomas, Houston Community College, Texas Southern University, [[Prairie View A&M University College Of Nursing]], Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine, [[University of Texas Medical Branch]] and Houston Baptist University.

===Public libraries===
The Manvel Library at 20514B Highway 6 is a part of the [[Brazoria County Library System]].<ref>"[http://bcls.lib.tx.us/branches/man/manvel.asp Manvel Library]." ''[[Brazoria County Library System]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>