Editing Peotone, Illinois (section)

==Education==
Peotone Elementary School (PES), located in town Peotone, serves kindergarten through 3rd grade. Peotone Intermediate Center (PIC), formerly Green Garden Elementary School in Green Garden Township, serves 4th and 5th grades. The Connor Shaw Center is home to the district offices and the Pre-K Center.

Peotone Junior High School serves grades six through eight, and has been located in the former Peotone Junior Senior High School building since the 2001–2002 school year;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/JuniorHighschool |title=Peotone Community Junior High School |access-date=March 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505215939/http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/JuniorHighschool/ |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the high school continues to use some of the outdoor sports facilities at the junior high. Several referendums have been orchestrated to build a new sports complex at the new high school, but have failed; these have also included plans to build on to the existing high school and junior high in order to resolve overcrowding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peotone school referendum discussed |url=https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/peotone-school-referendum-discussed/article_959b81aa-73ed-58a6-bf04-5751cf8f8924.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=The Daily Journal |date=November 4, 2008 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2001, a new high school was built on the northwest side of Peotone. It's named Peotone High School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://pjhs.peotoneschools.org/home |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=pjhs.peotoneschools.org |language=en-US}}</ref> While the school was designed for a capacity of 600 students, its student enrollment for the 2010-2011 fiscal year was approximately 687. The school mascot of all schools, from elementary through high school, is the Blue Devil.

As of 2007, Peotone schools had a total enrollment of 2,107 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

In 2014, the Peotone School Board, in a 4–3 vote, decided to close the Wilton Center Elementary School in Wilton Township.  The remaining elementary schools were reformatted to grade centers.