Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201 U, more commonly known as District 201U, is a unified public school district located in the south suburbs of Chicago

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, Illinois

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, United States. It serves the communities of Crete

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, University Park

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, Monee

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 and parts of Park Forest

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. The district provides education for children from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

Schools

• Crete-Monee High School
• Crete-Monee Middle School
• Coretta Scott King Magnet School
• Crete-Monee Sixth Grade Center
• Balmoral Elementary
• Crete Elementary
• Monee Elementary
• Talala Elementary
• Monee Education Center

Structure

Students in the district attend kindergarten through fifth grade at local elementary schools. They then go to the Sixth Grade Center, followed by the Middle School. Gifted students may apply to be in the magnet school from kindergarten through eighth grade. All students attend Crete-Monee High School from ninth to twelfth grade.