Education
Streator is served by three school districts: Streator Elementary School District which has four elementary schools; Oakland Park Elementary School, Centennial Elementary School, Sherman Elementary School, Kimes Elementary School; and one junior high school; Northlawn Junior High School. Streator Township High School District serves just one school; Streator Township High School. The Woodland Community Unit School District #5 which serves the Livingston County portion of Streator has one high school; Woodland High School and one combination elementary/junior high school, Woodland Junior High and Elementary School. Streator has one parochial elementary school, St. Anthony's Catholic School, now known as St. Michael the Archangel . Nearby Illinois Valley Community College is located in Oglesby, Illinois. The Carnegie Foundation funded Streator Public Library opened in 1903. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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