Editing Berwyn, Illinois (section)

==Education==
Berwyn is served by two K-8 school districts:

*[[Berwyn North School District 98]] comprises 4 schools: Havlicek Elementary, Prairie Oak Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Lincoln Middle School.
*[[Berwyn South School District 100]] comprises 8 schools: Emerson Elementary, Hiawatha Elementary, Irving Elementary, Komensky Elementary, Pershing Elementary, Piper Elementary, Freedom Middle School, and Heritage Middle School.

High school students, depending on residency, attend either [[J. Sterling Morton High School District 201]]'s [[J. Sterling Morton High School West]] in Berwyn or [[J. Sterling Morton High School East]] in [[Cicero, Illinois|Cicero]]. Most areas are west of Ridgeland Avenue and therefore are zoned to Morton West, while those east of Ridgeland Avenue are zoned to Morton East.<ref>"[http://jsmort.schoolwires.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=726&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=1537&PageID=231 1950s]." [[J. Sterling Morton High School East]]. Retrieved on December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>"[http://www.villageofstickney.com/document_center/village_clerk_notices/precinct_boundary_map.pdf Polling Locations for March 2012]." Stickney Township. Retrieved on December 20, 2016.</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] operates one PK-8 school in Berwyn, St. Leonard School. St. Odilo closed in 2024.<ref>"[https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/archdiocese-of-chicago-announces-closure-of-two-west-suburban-catholic-schools/#:~:text=Saint%20Frances%20of%20Rome%20and,with%20the%20Illinois%20State%20Legislature. "Archdiocese of Chicago announces closure of two west suburban Catholic schools"]." WGN News. Retrieved on February 8, 2024.</ref> St. Mary of Celle closed after the 2004–2005 school year. The building and premises are still used, however. During the [[Great Depression]], the tuition at St. Odilo was only 75 cents (about ${{inflation|USD|.75|1932|r=2}} when accounting for inflation).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Parochial grade school students who wish to move onto parochial secondary education can attend nearby schools such as [[Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois)|Fenwick High School]] in neighboring [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], or [[Nazareth Academy (La Grange Park, Illinois)|Nazareth Academy]] in [[La Grange Park, Illinois|La Grange Park]], both of which are [[mixed-sex education|co-educational]]. Trinity High School located in [[River Forest, Illinois|River Forest]] is a school for girls.

Berwyn North School District 98 used to host General Custer Elementary, which was built in 1908 and later torn down in 2000. In 2002, a new state-of-the-art school was built on the same site called Prairie Oak Elementary. Emerson Elementary and Heritage Middle School share a common wall, but are separate schools. When Lincoln Middle School was built in 1928, it never had a cafeteria or library, the library was across the street (now the Berwyn Cultural Center).

LaVergne School, built in 1888, was the first school built in Berwyn, the building had two classrooms with fireplaces. Despite community protest, the 50-year-old building was torn down in 1938.  It was replaced with the Lavergne Education Centre which, once an elementary school, is now the headquarters of the [[Berwyn South School District 100]].