Editing Wilmette, Illinois (section)

==Education==
For grade school education, Wilmette is served by [[Wilmette Public Schools District 39]] which includes elementary schools (grades K–4) Central, Harper, McKenzie, and Romona, [[Highcrest Middle School]] (grades 5 and 6), and [[Wilmette Junior High School]] (grades 7 and 8).<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.wilmette39.org
|title= Wilmette Public Schools District 39
|access-date= January 2, 2008
|archive-date= October 18, 2007
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071018033840/http://www.wilmette39.org/
|url-status= live
}}</ref> Marie Murphy School, also located in Wilmette, is part of [[Avoca School District 37]]. It has the longest school day in the state of Illinois.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.avoca.k12.il.us
|title= Avoca School District
|access-date= January 2, 2008
|url-status= dead
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226002124/http://www.avoca.k12.il.us/
|archive-date= December 26, 2007
}}</ref>

Saints JFX School, St. Francis Xavier Campus (K-8) is a parochial elementary school in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintsjfx.org/ |title=Saints JFX School - Home}}</ref> Other private schools in Wilmette include the Ronald Knox Montessori School (Pre-K to K)<ref>{{cite web
| url= https://ronaldknox.org/
| title= Ronald Knox Montessori School
| access-date= February 18, 2024
}}</ref> and Baker Demonstration School (Pre-K to 8).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bakerdemschool.org/ |title=Baker Demonstration School}}</ref>

For public secondary or high school education, serving grades 9 to 12, Wilmette students attend [[New Trier High School]].<ref>"[http://www.wilmette39.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=18&Itemid=246 District Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111305/http://www.wilmette39.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=18&Itemid=246 |date=2015-04-27 }}." Wilmette Public Schools District 39. Retrieved on April 20, 2015.</ref> High school freshmen attend classes at the [[Northfield, Illinois|Northfield]] campus while other grades attend the [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]] campus. Wilmette is also home to Catholic high schools [[Loyola Academy]] and [[Regina Dominican High School]].

The [[Wilmette Public Library]] provides educational support to students at all grade levels, including those residing in neighboring [[Kenilworth, Illinois|Kenilworth]].

In 2006, [[National Louis University]] closed its former main site, which had {{convert|6.5|acre|ha}} of land, with about 66%<!--two thirds as per source--> in Wilmette and the remainder in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Brachear, Manya A.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-07-0405070268-story.html|title=National-Louis to move campus|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 7, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2019|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801044826/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-07-0405070268-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>