Editing Springfield, Illinois (section)

==Education==
[[File:University of Illinois at Springfield campus, outside commons area-2009.jpg|thumb|The Colonnade, [[University of Illinois Springfield]]]]
Springfield is currently home to six public and private high schools.

The Springfield public school district is [[Springfield School District 186|District No. 186.]] District 186 operates 24 elementary schools and an early learning center, (pre-K). District 186 operates three high schools, [[Lanphier High School]], [[Springfield High School (Illinois)|Springfield High School]] and [[Southeast High School (Springfield, Illinois)|Springfield Southeast High School]], which replaced Feitshans High School in 1967, and five middle schools.<ref name=schools>[http://www.sps186.org/schools/ Schools] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312132830/http://www.sps186.org/schools/ |date=March 12, 2016 }}, Springfield Public School District 186. Retrieved February 24, 2007</ref>

Springfield's [[Sacred Heart-Griffin High School]] is a city Catholic high school.<ref name=sacred>{{cite web |author=Sacred Heart-Griffin |url=http://www.shg.org/ |title=Sacred Heart – Griffin High School |publisher=Shg.org |access-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306172147/http://www.shg.org/ |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other area high schools include Calvary Academy and [[Lutheran High School (Springfield, Illinois)|Lutheran High School]].<ref name=lhs>[http://www.lutheranhs.pvt.k12.il.us/ Lutheran High] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308111520/http://www.lutheranhs.pvt.k12.il.us/ |date=March 8, 2007 }}, Main page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.</ref> [[Ursuline Academy (Illinois)|Ursuline Academy]] was a second Catholic high school founded in 1857, first as an all-girls school, and converted to co-ed in 1981. The school was closed in 2007.

Springfield hosts one University. The [[University of Illinois Springfield]] (UIS, formerly Sangamon State University), which is located on the southeast side of the city.

Springfield is also home to a junior college [[Lincoln Land Community College]], located just south of UIS. From 1875 to 1976, Springfield was also home to [[Concordia Theological Seminary]]. The seminary was moved back to its original home of [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], and the campus now serves as the [[Illinois Department of Corrections]] Academy.

The city is home to the Springfield campus of the [[Southern Illinois University School of Medicine]],<ref name=siu>[http://www.siumed.edu/studentaffairs/ Office of Student Affairs] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225082657/http://www.siumed.edu/studentaffairs/ |date=February 25, 2007 }}, [[Southern Illinois University School of Medicine]]. Retrieved February 24, 2007.</ref> which includes Simmons Cancer Institute in Springfield's Medical District.<ref name=building>[http://www.siumed.edu/cancer/adminpages/bulding.html New SimmonsCooper<!-- sic --> Cancer Institute Building] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042711/http://www.siumed.edu/cancer/adminpages/bulding.html |date=September 28, 2007 }}, SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Retrieved February 24, 2007.</ref>