Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U Calendar 2026-2027

Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U operates one PK–12 system across Crete, Monee, University Park, Park Forest, and smaller portions of nearby communities. Four K–5 elementary schools serve ordinary address-based routes. Students then come together at Crete-Monee Middle School for grades 6–8 and Crete-Monee High School for grades 9–12. The elementary boundary matters at the beginning of the sequence, while the middle and high schools function as districtwide destinations.

Coretta Scott King Magnet School creates a second elementary route. It serves district residents in kindergarten through fifth grade but has no ordinary neighborhood entitlement. Families apply, and kindergarten admission combines a family-admission rule for eligible siblings with a lottery for remaining seats. Available seats are distributed among the communities according to the district’s published allocation. Students seeking entry after kindergarten join grade-level and community waitlists and receive offers only when space opens.

A place at Coretta Scott King follows an admissions process, not proximity to the building. Students retain the community category under which they entered even if they later move to another municipality inside District 201-U, and annual registration deadlines can affect whether a seat is retained. The magnet path and the four neighborhood paths eventually converge at the same district middle and high schools. The locator answers the geographic question; the magnet application answers a different admissions question. District 201-U is four address-based elementary routes plus one controlled magnet route, all ending at Crete-Monee Middle and High.