Wilmette Public Schools District 39

Wilmette Public Schools District 39 (D39) is a school district headquartered in the Mikaelian Education Center in Wilmette, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area.

The boundaries of the school district include most of Wilmette, a small part of southeastern Glenview, with a population of 27,247 as of 2019, and a neighborhood in unincorporated Cook County with Winnetka addresses.

Highcrest is home to multiple special education and differentiation programs.

Elementary schools (Grades K-4): As of April 2020, the Illinois State Board of Education maintained a summative designation of "Exemplary" for Romona Elementary and Central Elementary, which indicates performance in the top ten percent of schools statewide with no under-performing student groups.As of 2024, Highcrest middle school had approximately 375 sixth graders and 400 5th graders, with more growth expected.

[2] Students in this district are zoned to New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.