Education

HAZEL CREST IS SERVED BY THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS:

Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144
Hazel Crest Elementary School District 152.5
Flossmoor Elementary School District 161.

THE THREE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVING THE VILLAGE ARE:

Bremen High School District 228
Thornton Township High School District 205
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

School District 144 operates Mae Jemison Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, and Chateaux Elementary School in Hazel Crest, along with six others in surrounding suburbs.
School District 152.5 operates Woodland Elementary School and Warren Palm School in Hazel Crest. The District also has schools in neighboring suburbs.
School District 161 operates five elementary schools outside the Village that serve Hazel Crest, primarily neighborhoods south of 183rd Street.

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOLS LOCATED IN HAZEL CREST:

Mae Jemison School, 3450 W 177th St. (Grades: K – 6)
Chateaux School, 3600 Chambord Lane (Grades: PK – 6)
Highlands Elementary School, 3420 Laurel Lane; Grades: K – 6)
Woodland School, 16900 S. Western Ave. (Grades: PK – 4)
Warren Palm School, 1910 W. 170th St. (Grades: 5 – 6)

PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HAZEL CREST:

St. Anne School, 16801 Dixie Highway (Grades: KG-8)

HIGH SCHOOLS

Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor (students residing south of 183rd Street)
Thornwood High School in South Holland (students living east of California Avenue)

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Hazel Crest sits in two community college districts:

South Suburban College in South Holland.
Prairie State College in Chicago Heights.
Residents living north of 183rd Street reside in South Suburban Community College District 510; those living south of 183rd Street reside in Prairie State Community College District 515.

NEARBY UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Governors State University, (about 7 miles in University Park)
Chicago State University (about 10 miles in Chicago)
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College (about 10 miles in Chicago)
Moraine Valley Community College (about 12 miles in Palos Hills)
Purdue University-Calumet Campus (about 12 miles in Hammond, IN)

Bremen High School District #228: https://www.bhsd228.com/
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Homewood Flossmoor Community High School District 233

Homewood Flossmoor:

Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144: https://www.phsd144.net/

  • Chateaux School
  • Highlands School
  • Mae Jemison Elementary School
  • Prairie Hills Junior High School
Hazel Crest School District 152.5: http://www.sd1525.org/

  • Jesse White Learning Academy