page_title: Ashland, Ohio
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Ashland, Ohio / Education
caption_attribution_description: A view of the Ashland Public Library in Ashland, Ohio.
context_page_description: Ashland is a city in and the county seat of Ashland County, Ohio, United States, 66 miles southwest of Cleveland and 82 miles northeast of Columbus. The population was 20,362 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Ashland Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  Ashland is well known in the state for its "welcome sign" that proclaims the city to be "The World Headquarters of Nice People."
  Ashland was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
context_section_description: Ashland Public Schools enroll 3,717 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district operates five public schools, including three elementary schools, one middle school, one high school. Other than public schools, the city is home to Ashland Christian School, St. Edward Catholic School (a United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence), and Ashland Montessori School.
  The city is home to Ashland University and Ashland Theological Seminary. Both were established by the Brethren Church—an Evangelical Protestant church in the Anabaptist tradition—which is headquartered in Ashland.
  Ashland contains the Ashland Public Library.
caption: Ashland Public Library
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