Editing Crystal Lake, Illinois (section)

==Education==
Crystal Lake's high schools are part of [[Community High School District 155]]. [[Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47]] runs all middle schools and elementary schools in the city. Prairie Grove Consolidated School District #46 also serves a portion of northeast Crystal Lake.

There are five high schools which serve the city of Crystal Lake. The oldest, [[Crystal Lake Central High School]], graduated its first class in 1924. In response to pressures from the increasing population, [[Crystal Lake South High School]]  was opened in 1978. [[Prairie Ridge High School]] opened in the fall of 1997. Small portions of Crystal Lake are served by [[Cary-Grove High School]] and [[Woodstock High School (Illinois)|Woodstock High School]]. Also located in Crystal Lake is [[Faith Lutheran High School]], which serves the larger McHenry County area.

Additional schools serving Crystal Lake include Lord and Savior Lutheran School,<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.lordandsavior.org/who-we-are/}}</ref> a Pre-K-8 grade school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Crystal Lake, St. Thomas the Apostle, a private [[Roman Catholic]] school that serves Pre-K through eighth grade, also in Crystal Lake,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stthomascl.org/|title=Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle - St. Thomas School|work=stthomascl.org|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> Immanuel Lutheran School, a private [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] school that serves Pre-K through eighth grade, also in Crystal Lake,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://immanuelcl.org/|title=Immanuel Lutheran Crystal Lake|work=immanuelcl.org|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> Alexander Leigh Center for Autism in McHenry, a full day, year-round therapeutic day school for children 3–21 years old with [[autism spectrum disorder]], OHI, multiple disabilities, [[Intellectual disability|developmental delay]] and/or [[intellectual disabilities]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alcacenter.org/austism-programs-at-alca|title=Programs|work=alcacenter.org|access-date=21 July 2016|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914182906/http://alcacenter.org/austism-programs-at-alca|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the School of Expressive Arts & Learning campus in Woodstock for those with [[learning disorders]] and [[autism spectrum disorder]].

Additionally, there are two colleges in Crystal Lake: [[McHenry County College]], a [[community college]], offers associate degrees. [[Columbia College (Missouri)|Columbia College]] also has an extension campus based in Crystal Lake.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccis.edu/nationwide/main.asp?crystallake |title=Columbia College - Crystal Lake: Columbia College Nationwide campuses |publisher=Ccis.edu |date=2015-03-06 |access-date=2015-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315020906/http://www.ccis.edu/nationwide/main.asp?crystallake |archive-date=2015-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>