Editing Lockport, Illinois (section)

==Schools==
===Taft School District 90===
{{citation needed span|date=July 2017|[[Taft School District 90]] lies almost entirely within the southwest part of Lockport.  The district dates from before 1888.}}  In the 19th century it was called school district #9 of [[Lockport Township, Will County, Illinois|Lockport Township]], and its school was called the South Lockport School.  The district now has one school, called Taft School.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.taft90.org/history.htm | title = History | publisher = Taft School District 90 | location = Lockport, Illinois | date = 2008-10-13 | access-date = 2012-05-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140713165720/http://www.taft90.org/history.htm | archive-date = 2014-07-13 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{citation | title = Taft History | first = Diannaha | last = Tielbur | year = 1997 | location = Lockport, Illinois}}</ref>

===Milne-Kelvin Grove School District 91===
{{citation needed span|date=July 2017|[[Milne-Kelvin Grove School District 91]], also known as Lockport School District 91, lies almost entirely within the west central part of Lockport.}}  It has two grade schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.d91.net/ |title=Milne-Kelvin Grove School District 91 Lockport, Illinois USA |website=D91.net |access-date=2012-11-18}}</ref>

;Milne Grove Elementary School
Milne Grove has kindergarten through grade three.<ref name="d91-info">{{cite web | url = http://www.d91.net/District91/index.htm | title = District 91 Info | publisher = Milne-Kelvin Grove School District 91 | location = Lockport, Illinois | date = 2012-05-08 | access-date = 2012-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120504203801/http://www.d91.net/District91/index.htm | archive-date = 2012-05-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

;Kelvin Grove Middle School
Kelvin Grove has grades four through eight; sixth through eighth grade operate as a [[middle school]].<ref name="d91-info"/>

===Will County School District 92===
Will County School District 92 is a public grade school district which serves grades K–8. It mainly serves the communities of Lockport and Homer Glen. It contains four buildings: Walsh, Reed, Ludwig, and Oak Prairie with the administration building adjacent to Ludwig. Their mascot is a bulldog.

;Walsh School
Walsh School is an elementary school educating students from PreK through grade one. Mascot: Bulldog

;Reed School
Reed School is an elementary school educating students grades two and three. Mascot: Rocket

;Ludwig School
Ludwig School is an elementary school educating students grades four and five.  Mascot: Oiler

;Oak Prairie Junior High School 
Oak Prairie Junior High School is a junior high school educating students in grades six through eight. It is the most recent of the schools.  Mascot: Bulldog

===High schools===
{{main|Lockport Township High School District 205|Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C|Will County School District 92}}
Three other grade school districts cover parts of Lockport.  The eastern part of Lockport is in [[Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C]].  The northern part of Lockport is in [[Will County School District 92]].  The southern part of Lockport is served by the [[Fairmont School District 89]].

All of the city is in Lockport Township High School District 205, which operates [[Lockport Township High School]] at a Central and East campus, both in the city. The district serves about 3,700 students from the communities of Crest Hill, Fairmont, Homer Glen, Lockport, Homer Township and Lockport Township. The Central Campus opened in 1910 and serves freshman students while the East Campus opened in 1964 and serves sophomores, juniors and seniors.

===Private schools===
Lockport has one private grade school: Saints Dennis & Joseph Catholic Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sdjacademy.org/ |title=SDJCA Website |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref> The North campus is located at 529 Madison St. and the South campus is located at 1201 S. Washington St.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.will.k12.il.us/NonPubSchoolDirectory.html | title = Non-Public School Directory | publisher = Will County Regional Office of Education | location = New Lenox, Illinois | date = 2011-09-16 | access-date = 2012-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113131852/http://www.will.k12.il.us/NonPubSchoolDirectory.html | archive-date = 2011-11-13 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

There are also two private high schools in the area: [[Providence Catholic High School]] in [[New Lenox, Illinois|New Lenox]] and [[Joliet Catholic Academy]] in [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]].

[[File:Lockport IL Lock Number 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Lock #3, Lockport]]