Editing Mendota, Illinois (section)

==Education==

Mendota has four public schools and one private school. The three public grade schools: Blackstone, Lincoln, and Northbrook are part of [[Mendota Consolidated Community School District 289]]; while the [[Mendota Township High School]] is district 280. Blackstone School houses kindergarten and first grade, and had an enrollment of 271 students in 2010. Lincoln School houses second through fourth grades, and had a student enrollment of 391 in 2010. Northbrook School is home to the fifth through eighth grades, as well as pre-kindergarten; and had an enrollment of 644 in 2010. The student enrollment of the high school in 2010 was 611 students.<ref>"[http://iirc.niu.edu/Default.aspx Illinois Interactive Report Card]." Retrieved February 19, 2011.</ref> A new high school facility was built in 2002 at 2300 Main Street ([[U.S. Route 52]]). Holy Cross [[Roman Catholic]] [[Parish]]<ref>"[http://www.holycrossmendota.com/ Holy Cross Catholic Parish]." Retrieved February 19, 2011.</ref> has a private school which educates students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

[[Aurora University]] was originally chartered as Mendota College on the north side of Mendota where the high school was located from 1917 to 2003.<ref>"Tracks of Time: Mendota, Illinois 1853–1978" p. 138</ref>

[[Wartburg College]] (now located in [[Waverly, Iowa]]) was located in Mendota from 1875 to 1885.<ref>"[http://www.wartburg.edu/about/wartburghistory/index.html History of Wartburg College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410152323/http://www.wartburg.edu/about/wartburghistory/index.html |date=2009-04-10 }}." [[Wartburg College]]. Retrieved February 20, 2011.</ref>