Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
The [[Lawrence USD 497]]<!--UNI 08400--> public school district includes almost all of the Lawrence city limits.<ref name=DouglasCOSDmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20045_douglas/DC20SD_C20045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Douglas County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20045_douglas/DC20SD_C20045_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> This district has 12 elementary schools, four [[middle schools]]. and two high schools. The city's 12 public elementary schools include: Langston Hughes Elementary (named after [[Langston Hughes]]); Quail Run Elementary, Cordley Elementary (named after [[Richard Cordley]]), Hillcrest Elementary, Kennedy Early Childhood (formerly Kennedy Elementary, closed in 2021), Pinckney Elementary, Prairie Park Elementary, New York Elementary, Schwegler Elementary, Sunflower Elementary, Sunset Hill Elementary, Woodlawn Elementary, and Deerfield Elementary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools & Services Directory |url=https://www.usd497.org/domain/5788 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301063256/https://www.usd497.org/domain/5788 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2019}} List of schools in USD 497.</ref> The middle schools include: West, Billy Mills (named after [[Billy Mills]], and formerly named South), and Southwest. The high schools include: [[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence High School]] and [[Lawrence Free State High School]] (the athletic teams of the former are nicknamed the Chesty Lions, and those of the latter are the Firebirds).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence High School |title=History of Lawrence High |url=https://www.usd497.org/domain/7358 |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Free State High School |date=2021 |title=FSHS School Profile 2021-22 |url=https://www.usd497.org/cms/lib/KS01906981/Centricity/Domain/9207/FSHS%20Profile%2021-22.pdf |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref>

Newer developments in the northwestern part of the Lawrence area, including a few small parcels of the city limits, are within the boundaries for [[Perry–Lecompton USD 343|Perry-Lecompton School District]],<!--UNI 10620--><ref name=DouglasCOSDmap/> and students in this area attend Lecompton Elementary, Perry Elementary, Perry-Lecompton Middle School, and Perry-Lecompton High School.

Private schools include [[Bishop Seabury Academy]] (grades 6 to 12) (affiliate of Episcopal Church), Veritas Christian School (grades pre-K to 12) (interdenominational), St. John Catholic School (grades pre-K to 8), Corpus Christi Catholic School (grades pre-K to 8), Raintree Montessori School (grades pre-K to 8) ([[Montessori education|Montessori school]]), Prairie Moon School (grades pre-K to 8) ([[Waldorf education|Waldorf school]]), and Limestone Community School (as of 2023, grades K to 4).