Editing Chicago Heights, Illinois (section)

==Education==
===Schools===
[[Chicago Heights School District 170]] operates twelve schools, with a student population of 3,600. Highland is the district's preschool for children aged three and four; Garfield, Grant, Greenbriar, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Washington-McKinley, and Wilson are neighborhood schools that serve students from kindergarten through fifth grade. After elementary school/5th grade, students attend Chicago Heights Middle School for grades 6–8.

Chicago Heights is home to [[Bloom High School]], which all students of District 170 attend after 8th grade, and [[Bloom Trail High School]], which shares its athletic programs with Bloom. Many students from neighboring communities including [[Steger, Illinois|Steger]], [[South Chicago Heights, Illinois|South Chicago Heights]], [[Ford Heights, Illinois|Ford Heights]], [[Sauk Village, Illinois|Sauk Village]] and [[Glenwood, Illinois|Glenwood]] attend high school at Bloom.

Parts of Chicago Heights are included in [[Flossmoor School District 161]] which includes Serena Hills Elementary School in Chicago Heights. After Serena, students attend Parker Jr. High School—also a part of Flossmoor School District 161. Only some students who complete middle school at Parker Jr. High School move on to [[Homewood-Flossmoor High School]]; the remainder attend Bloom High School. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[File:Bloom High School.JPG|thumb|Bloom High School Entrance]] -->

Parts of Chicago Heights are also served by [[Park Forest – Chicago Heights School District 163]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sd163.com/|title=Park Forest - Chicago Heights School District 163|website=www.sd163.com|accessdate=March 3, 2024}}</ref> and Beacon Hill Primary Center is located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. After Beaker, students attend Michelle Obama School of Arts and Technology for middle school (6–8). Students from this neighborhood attend [[Rich Township High School]], part of Rich Township High School District 227.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rich227.org/|title=Rich Township High School District 227|website=www.rich227.org|accessdate=March 3, 2024}}</ref>

[[Marian Catholic High School (Illinois)|Marian Catholic High School]], affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]], is a private high school located in the city.

[[Prairie State College]] is a [[community college]] located in Chicago Heights.

St. Agnes School is a private Catholic school located in Chicago heights.

===Public library===
On May 20, 1901, many Chicago Heights residents signed a petition asking for the mayor and aldermen to select a board of directors that would be responsible for founding and running a free public library in Chicago Heights. On June 28, 1901, the first library board members were sworn in, including Sam W. Lea, F.W. Schact, W.E. Canady, James Bowie, David Wallace, Joseph Caldwell, C.W. Salisbury, A.J. Sorensen, and A.W. McEldowney. The library was opened in a small room in the new city building on February 20, 1902. That month, the library board wrote to industrialist [[Andrew Carnegie]] seeking funds to build a library building in Chicago Heights. In July, the board was notified that Carnegie had proposed $15,000 toward the cost of a library building as long as the city could provide a free site for the building and if the council could promise $1,500 a year to keep the library running. The Carnegie Library in Chicago Heights was designed by Richard E. Schmidt. The library was located at 1627 Halsted Street and opened on September 11, 1903, with a staff of two and 1,643 volumes. A bigger library was eventually needed, and on August 5, 1972, the present building at 15th Street and Chicago Road was opened. The Chicago Heights Free Public Library was a million-dollar building that opened with 60,000 books, records, and other materials.