Editing Mundelein, Illinois (section)

==Education==
The first school in Mundelein was called Mechanics Grove School and opened in 1837. The school was located on the roads that would become Maple Avenue and Route 176.<ref>Killackey, p. 82</ref> Mundelein is currently served by five elementary school districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elementary & Middle School Districts w/ Mundelein Residents |url=https://www.mundelein.org/DocumentCenter/View/963/Elementary-and-Middle-Districts-Map-PDF |website=Village of Mundelein}}</ref><gallery mode="nolines" widths="190" heights="105">
File:Mundelein High School.jpg|[[Mundelein High School]] main entrance
File:Lincoln School Illinois.jpg|Lincoln School, which is now a preschool
File:Mechanics Grove School.png|The original Mechanics Grove School
File:St. Mary of the Lake Aerial.jpg|[[University of Saint Mary of the Lake]]
File:Mechanics Grove.jpg|The current Mechanics Grove School
File:Carmel High School.jpg|[[Carmel High School (Mundelein, Illinois)|Carmel High School]]
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=== Public schools ===
For the history see Arthur Zilversmit, ''Changing schools: Progressive education theory and practice, 1930-1960'' (University of Chicago Press, 1993).

==== Diamond Lake School District 76 ====
{{Main|Diamond Lake School District 76}}

Diamond Lake School District was established in 1847.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=Roycealee J. |title=Chronology of the Organization of Lake County School Districts |publisher=Regional Office of Education Lake County |year=2006}}</ref> The district includes three schools: Diamond Lake school from kindergarten through second grade, West Oak Elementary Schools from third to fifth grade, and West Oak Middle School from grades six to eight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools |url=https://www.dist76.org/Schools.aspx |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.dist76.org}}</ref> Fairhaven School was previously a part of the district,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zawislak |first=Mick |date=2018-11-30 |title=Diamond Lake District 76 to keep Fairhaven School building for a year, then weigh options |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/20181130/news/diamond-lake-district-76-to-keep-fairhaven-school-building-for-a-year-then-weigh-options/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Daily Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> and is now a [[special education]] school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fairhaven School / Homepage |url=https://www.sedol.us/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sedol.us%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D674 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.sedol.us |language=en}}</ref>

==== Fremont School District 79 ====
{{Main|Fremont School District 79}}

Fremont School District 79 (previously Fremont Center District 79<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=William L. |title=What Ever Happened To The Old School House? |publisher=Office of the Regional Superintendent of Schools Lake County |year=1991}}</ref>) includes Fremont Elementary School, Fremont Intermediate School, and Fremont Middle School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Schools - Fremont School District 79 |url=https://www.fsd79.org/our-schools |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.fsd79.org |language=en-US}}</ref> The District annexed Ivanhoe School District 77, Swan School District 78, Maple Grove School District 80, and Murray School District 81 in 1955.<ref name=":7" />

==== Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 ====
{{Main|Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73}}

Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 primarily serves the nearby village of [[Vernon Hills, Illinois|Vernon Hills]]. The school district contains four elementary schools, two middle schools, and a bilingual school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Schools - Hawthorn District 73 |url=https://www.hawthorn73.org/schools |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.hawthorn73.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Libertyville School District 70 ====
{{Main|Libertyville District 70}}
Libertyville's school district was founded c. 1850.<ref name=":6" /> The school district includes four elementary schools: Adler Park School, Butterfield School, Copeland Manor School, Rockland School, and one middle school (Highland Middle School).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our District - Libertyville School District |url=https://www.d70schools.org/our-district |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.d70schools.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Mundelein Elementary School District 75 ====
{{Main|Mundelein Elementary School District 75}}

Mundelein School District was founded with the establishment of Lincoln School in 1894.<ref name=":6" /> The school district comprises Washington Early Learning Center from Kindergarten to second grade, which opened in 1951,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lissau |first=Russel |date=April 26, 2001 |title=Students get a taste of local government |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0E1E806DD146F3A0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0ECC895A743A235A |url-access=subscription |work=The Daily Herald |pages=1}}</ref> Mechanics Grove Elementary School from third to fifth grade, which opened in 1970,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mikus |first=Kim |date=June 14, 1994 |title=Dist. 75 losing longtime staff members |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/arlington-heights/arlington-heights-daily-herald-suburban-chicago/1994/06-14/page-225 |url-access=subscription |work=The Daily Herald |pages=225}}</ref> and Carl Sandburg Middle School from sixth through eighth grade, which is named after American writer [[Carl Sandburg]] who dedicated the building in 1959.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Freight rail merger will likely mean more late-night horns, potential disasters |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0E1E806DD146F3A0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F19065F2352B9A7C8 |work=Lake County News-Sun}}</ref>

The district's boundary changed significantly in 2003{{En dash}}2004, in response to studies indicating sharp disparities in ethnic makeup among various schools in the district.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Tara |date=2003-11-23 |title=Will new map hurt U-46 diversity, then success? |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=0D1C71C909BC202A&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0FF152165FC17AD8 |url-status= |access-date=2024-06-11 |work=[[The Daily Herald]]}}</ref>

==== Mundelein High School ====
{{Main|Mundelein High School}}
The public [[Secondary school|high school]] for Mundelein is Mundelein High School. It was built in 1960 and started classes in 1961 and split its own school district in 1964.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kambic |first=Rick |date=December 23, 2014 |title=One last tour of Brainerd |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0E1E806DD146F3A0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F15264BE8E9D1FA78 |work=Lake County News-Sun}}</ref> The campus was renovated in 1987, 1997, and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kambic |first=Rick |date=2015-09-21 |title=Longtime teacher reflects on Mundelein High School's expansion |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/09/21/longtime-teacher-reflects-on-mundelein-high-schools-expansion/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Private Schools ===

==== University of Saint Mary of the Lake ====
{{Main|University of Saint Mary of the Lake}}
University of Saint Mary of the Lake is a [[seminary]] in Mundelein. The seminary was designed by architect [[Joseph W. McCarthy]]. The charter for the school was initially granted in 1844, and the first version of the school was opened in Chicago. The seminary closed in 1866 due to financial problems, and the building was destroyed in 1871 in the [[Great Chicago Fire]].<ref name=":8" /> The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago|Archdiocese of Chicago]] started purchasing land in Mundelein in 1915, and the school opened in 1921.<ref name=":8" /> The seminary is the third largest employer in the village,.<ref name="annfinrpt" /> The village namesake, [[George Mundelein]], is buried in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on campus.<ref name=":8" />

==== Carmel High School ====
{{Main|Carmel High School (Mundelein, Illinois)}}
Carmel High School is a private Catholic high school in Mundelein. The site of the school was formerly occupied by a railroad terminal for the 28th International Eucharistic Congress.<ref name=":5" /> Carmel High School for boys opened in 1962,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-11-02 |title=Jubilation reigns as Carmel sister marks 50th year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-jubilation-reigns-as-ca/150056490/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=The Daily Herald |pages=82}}</ref> and the [[sister school]] Carmel High School for girls opened in 1963. The schools merged in 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-02 |title=Students will pay tuition with jobs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-students-will-pay-tuitio/150056131/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=2–7}}</ref>

==== Santa Maria del Popolo School ====
Santa Maria del Popolo School previously served as a private Catholic school. The four-room school opened in 1950 with 187 enrolled students. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] announced the closure of the school in January 2014, which by then only enrolled approximately 80 students. The school was previously a [[K–8 school]], and later, an [[Primary school|elementary school]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-08-14 |title=Closing of Santa Maria del Popolo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-closing-of-santa-maria-d/15576953/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=35–5}}</ref>