There is one school district in Sullivan County with the high school and an elementary school in Laporte, and another elementary school in Mildred. The 1999 - 2000 enrollment is approximately 1000 students. The professional staff including administraition is 78. Fifty percentor more of the students go on to higher education or into military service. The combined high school and elemtary libraries contain over 40,000 volumes and have regional and statewide access to large facilities.
Computers are in general use and distance learning is underway.
All schools are on the internet. A public Library serving the county is located on Center Street, Dushore. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Included in taxable parcels are 1110 in the clean and green program. These parcels are taxed at a lesser rate.