Editing Algonquin, Illinois (section)

==Education ==

===School District 300===
[[Community Unit School District 300]], a large district generally along and east of Randall Rd. The District 300 schools serving Algonquin include:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d300.org/schools/attendance-boundaries|title=District Schools| publisher=D300.org|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225233155/http://www.d300.org/schools/attendance-boundaries|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*Neubert Elementary School (K-5) serves students residing in areas immediately west of the Old Town District.
*Lincoln Prairie Elementary School (P-5) in nearby [[Lake in the Hills]] serves students residing in sections of the village near Randall Road.
*Eastview Elementary School (K-5) serves students residing in areas within Old Town Algonquin, as well as areas immediately north and east of there.
*Algonquin Lakes Elementary School (K-5) serves students residing in far eastern sections of the village. It is in Kane County.
*Lake in the Hills Elementary School (K-5) serves students that live in Lake in the Hills.
*Liberty Elementary School (K-5) in nearby [[Carpentersville]] serves students living in the Brittany Hills, Providence Point, Providence Point 2, and Shenandoah neighborhoods.
*Westfield Community School (K-8) is a combined elementary-middle school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Westfield Community School |url=https://www.d300.org/wcs/about |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=District 300}}</ref> The elementary school serves the Willoughby Farms area. In addition to Westfield Elementary, Neubert, Lincoln Prairie, and Lake in the Hills elementary schools feed into Westfield Middle School. Westfield Middle School feeds mostly into Jacobs High School.
*Dundee Middle School (6–8) in nearby [[Dundee, Illinois|Dundee]] serves students living in the Liberty Elementary School area and feeds mostly into Jacobs High School.
*Algonquin Middle School (6–8) serves Eastview and Algonquin Lakes, and feeds mostly into Dundee-Crown High School.
*[[Harry D. Jacobs High School]] (9–12) serves high-school aged students residing generally west of the Fox River to just a half mile west of Randall Road.
*[[Dundee-Crown High School]] (9–12) in nearby [[Carpentersville]] serves high school-aged students living in the east half of the village.

===School District 158===
[[Consolidated School District 158]] is headquartered in Algonquin, and the schools on the Square Barn Road campus serve the village's far western side, as well as portions of neighboring communities [[Huntley, Illinois|Huntley]] and [[Lake in the Hills, Illinois|Lake in the Hills]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.district158.org/freedom-of-information-act/d158-boundary-map-03-12-12/ |title=D158 Boundary Map – 03.12.12 |publisher=District158.org |access-date=December 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225214215/http://www.district158.org/freedom-of-information-act/d158-boundary-map-03-12-12/ |archive-date=December 25, 2014 }}</ref> School District 158 schools serving far western Algonquin include:
*[[Mackeben Elementary School]] (K-2)
*[[Marion Conley Elementary School]] (3–5)
*[[Bernice Heinemann Middle School]] (6–8)
*[[Huntley High School]] (9–12) in nearby Huntley serves high school-aged students residing in far western sections of the village.

===Private schools===
St. Margaret Mary Catholic School,
located in the heart of Algonquin, offer private K-8 education. On the west side of town is Foundations Montessori School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allprivateschools.org/private-schools-algonquin-il.html|title=ALGONQUIN IL Private Schools|publisher=Allprivateschools.org|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>

===Community colleges===
The nearest community colleges are [[McHenry County College]] and [[Elgin Community College]]. Generally speaking, McHenry County College serves residents residing in District 158 boundaries, while [https://elgin.edu/ Elgin Community College] serves residents residing in District 300 boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mchenry.edu/residency/index.asp|title=District 528 Residency|publisher=Mchenry.edu|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elgin.edu/aboutus.aspx?id=56|title=District 509 |website=Elgin Community College|publisher=Elgin.edu|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225221704/http://elgin.edu/aboutus.aspx?id=56|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Libraries===
The majority of the village is served by the [[Algonquin area public library district|Algonquin Area Public Library District]] which includes two facilities, the main branch on Harnish, just west of [[Randall Road]], and a second branch on Eastgate, south of [[Illinois Route 62|Algonquin Road]]. Both offer educational and reading programs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aapld.org/about/history.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310150526/http://www.aapld.org/about/history.asp |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |title=History of the Algonquin Area Public Library District, 1921 - present}}</ref> [[Huntley, Illinois|Huntley]] Public Library, [[Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois|Dundee Township]] Library, and the [[Barrington Area Library]] also serve certain sections of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.algonquin.org/egov/docs/1216224331_985656.pdf|title=Library Districts|publisher=Algonquin.org|access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>