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===Public schools=== [[Westchester School District 92.5]] serves most of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sd925.org/|title=Westchester School District 92{{citefrac|1|2}}|access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> There are four schools in this district: * Westchester Primary School (Preschool β 2nd grade) * Westchester Intermediate School (3rd grade β 5th grade) * Westchester Middle School (6th grade β 8th grade) * Britten School (Special Needs)<ref name="ProvisoLinks">"[http://www.westchester-il.org/links/links.html Links & Contacts]". Village of Westchester, Illinois.</ref> In addition [[Hillside School District 93]], which operates a single [[K-8 school]] in [[Hillside, Illinois|Hillside]], serves a section of Westchester.<ref name=Home>[http://hillside93.sharpschool.com/ Home]. [[Hillside School District 93]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2017. "About Since 1918 Hillside School District 93[...]" - See also [[U.S. Census Bureau]] [http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st17_il/c17031_cook/DC10SD_C17031_004.pdf School District Map page 4] of Cook County</ref> In 1968 the school district proposed a bond for a junior high school,<ref name=Discussneed>{{cite news|title=District 93 to Discuss Need for New School|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 25, 1968|page=W2}}</ref> on a {{convert|12.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land in Westchester.<ref name=Schoolsiteturns>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/07/18/school-site-turns-residential/|title=School Site Turns Residential|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=July 18, 1999|access-date=March 18, 2017}} "Concord purchased the land in an auction in 1998. Hillside School District 93 had [...]"</ref> The voters rejected the referendum and the plans were scrapped. The president of Concord Homes, Roger Mankedick, stated in a ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' stated that the student population that was supposed to surround the school never came.<ref name=CuniffWestchsite>{{cite news|author=Cunniff, Bill|title=Westchester site of 76 town houses|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=July 30, 1999|page=8 New Homes}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' stated there was a decline in students in the area surrounding the school site. In 1998 the district instead sold the land to Concord Homes for $2.6 million.<ref name=Schoolsiteturns/> [[Proviso Township High Schools]] district serves high school residents. Zoned students attend [[Proviso West High School]] in [[Hillside, Illinois|Hillside]].<ref name="ProvisoLinks"/> Westchester residents may apply to [[Proviso Math & Science Academy]] in [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]].
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