Editing Mundelein, Illinois (section)

=== 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>