Northbrook, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Northbrook is a village located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois
, which is also a North Shore
suburb of Chicago
. The population was 33,170 at the 2010 census.
When incorporated in 1901, the village was known as Shermerville in honor of Frederick Schermer, who donated the land for its first train station. The village changed its name to Northbrook in 1923 as an effort to improve its public image. The name was chosen because the west fork of the north branch of the Chicago River runs through the Village.
Glenbrook North High School
, founded in 1953 as Glenbrook High School, is located in Northbrook. The village is also home to Northbrook Court
shopping mall, the Ed Rudolph Velodrome
, and the Northbrook Public Library
. It also will go down in the annals of history as the birth place of Steven Kaplan.
tribe were the earliest recorded residents of the Northbrook area. In 1833 the Potawatomi ceded their Illinois lands and moved to a place near Council Bluffs, Iowa
. Afterwards Joel Sterling Sherman and his family bought 159 acres (64.3 ha) of land in the northwest quarter of Section 10 for $1.25 per acre; as of 2010 Northbrook's downtown is located on this site. A man named Frederick Schermer donated the land used for the first railroad station, named Schermer Station and later Shermer Station; the community was named Shermerville after him. By the 1870s Shermerville was a farming community. In 1901 the community was incorporated as the Village of Shermerville after a close referendum for incorporation. At the time of incorporation it had 311 residents and 60 houses. By 1921 residents believed that the name "Shermerville" had a negative reputation. A renaming contest was held, and a man named Edward Landwehr submitted the name "Northbrook." In 1923 "Northbrook," the winner, was adopted; at the time Northbrook had 500 residents. After the end of World War II
, Northbrook's population began to rapidly increase.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the village has a total area of 13 square miles (33.7 km²), of which, 12.9 square miles (33.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (0.39%) is water.
of 2010, there were 33,170 people, and as of the census
of 2000 12,203 households, and 9,676 families residing in the village. The population density
was 2,588.1 people per square mile (999.2/km²). There were 12,492 housing units at an average density of 967.0 per square mile (373.3/km²). The racial makeup (as of 2010) of the village was 87.12% White, 0.64% African American, 0.01% Native American, 11.82% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races
, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population.
In 2000, there were 12,203 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.3% were married couples
living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the village was $115,842, and the median income for a family was $133,813. Males had a median income of $83,206 versus $46,182 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $50,765. About 1.2% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2010 Sandra E. Frum is the president and the trustees are A.C. Buehler III, Kathryn L. Ciesla, Todd A. Heller, James A. Karagianis, Michael W. Scolaro, and Kati B. Spaniak. As of the same year Richard M. Nahrstadt is the village manager and Debra J. Ford is the village clerk.
The United States Postal Service
operates the
Northbrook Post Office, the Northbrook Downtown Post Office, and the Techny Post Office.
The corporate headquarters of Underwriters Laboratories
, Crate & Barrel are located in Northbrook.
Allstate
's headquarters are in a nearby area in Northfield Township
.
said "Hughes’s Shermer was partly Northbrook and partly a composite of all the North Shore
’s towns and neighborhoods—and, by extension, all the different milieus that existed in American suburbia" and that Shermer "was at once an Everytown for every teen and an explicit homage to Hughes’s home turf, the North Shore suburbs above Chicago." Hughes and his family moved to Northbrook in 1962, and Hughes attended Glenbrook North High School
.
Many parts of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
were filmed at Glenbrook North High School
in the Fall of 1985 with students serving as extras (most of the interior shots, though, were filmed at the shuttered Maine North High School
). The party scene from the film Uncle Buck
was filmed at a house in the Highlands neighborhood, on Crabtree Lane. The grocery store scene in She's Having a Baby
was filmed at Sunset Foods, and scenes in Ordinary People
and Weird Science
were shot at the Northbrook Court
shopping mall. A small scene from the film Risky Business
was shot at a highway ramp off the Edens Expressway
.
Some interior shots from the 2005 Harold Ramis
-directed film The Ice Harvest
were filmed in a revamped commercial building off Commercial Avenue.
, Northbrook School District 28
, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30
, and West Northfield School District 31
serve Northbrook and are headquartered in Northbrook. Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
, headquartered in Wheeling
, also serves sections of Northbrook.
District 27
operates three grade level centers in Northbrook, including Hickory Point School (K-1), Shabonee School (2–5), and Wood Oaks Junior High School (6–8).
District 28
operates three (K-5) elementary schools, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Greenbriar Elementary School, and Westmoor Elementary School, in Northbrook. Northbrook Junior High School (6-8) is the district's junior high in Northbrook.
District 30
operates Wescott School (K-5) in Northbrook and Willowbrook School (K-5) in Glenview
, both elementary schools serving Northbrook.Maple Middle School (6-8) in Northbrook is District 30's Junior High.
The portion of Northbrook served by District 31
is served by Winkelman School, an elementary school in Glenview, and Field School, a middle school in Northbrook.
Areas within CCSD 21
are served by two schools, including Walt Whitman School, an elementary school in Wheeling
, and Holmes Middle School in Wheeling.
Northfield Township High School District 225 is the high school district serving Northbrook. Glenbrook North High School
is located in Northbrook, serving primarily most of Northbrook served completely by the first two districts, and some of the next two. Glenbrook South High School
is also in District 225, which mainly serves nearby Glenview, the part of District 31 in Northbrook and is Glenbrook North's main rival school. The western area within Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
is served by Township High School District 214
, as part of Wheeling High School
. Some parts of eastern Northbrook fall in the New Trier High School
District.
is the public library of Northbrook. The library's origins stem from a reading room created by the Citizens' Club of Shermerville. The library operations were located in the reading room, Shermerville School, and the former village hall before the first dedicated library building was dedicated in 1954. The northern portion of the current library opened in
1969, and bonds of 1975 and 1997 expanded the current library.
, headquartered in Northbrook, operates recreational facilities. The 17.25 square mile park district, formed in June 1927, serves all of Northbrook and some unincorporated area
s within Cook County
. The park district lies within the townships of Northfield
and Wheeling
.
The Highwood Braves Red 13/14U team is a youth sponsored baseball team composed mostly of players from Northbrook, IL. The Highwood Braves 13U/14U team is a full-time travel baseball team participating in tournaments and Mid-Suburban Baseball League games. The Highwood Braves program was begun by Mr. Rich Synek of Glenbrook Sports Academy as full time alternative baseball program designed to improve the competition young athletes receive.
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
, which is also a North Shore
North Shore (Chicago)
The North Shore is a term that refers to the generally affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois bordering the shore of Lake Michigan.- History :Europeans settled the area sparsely after an 1833 treaty with local Native Americans...
suburb of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. The population was 33,170 at the 2010 census.
When incorporated in 1901, the village was known as Shermerville in honor of Frederick Schermer, who donated the land for its first train station. The village changed its name to Northbrook in 1923 as an effort to improve its public image. The name was chosen because the west fork of the north branch of the Chicago River runs through the Village.
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
, founded in 1953 as Glenbrook High School, is located in Northbrook. The village is also home to Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court is a large, upscale Super-regional Mall in Northbrook, Illinois. The mall is one of the most upscale collection of shops in the midwest, and even the nation. Located on its three current anchor stores are Lord & Taylor, Macy's, and Neiman Marcus...
shopping mall, the Ed Rudolph Velodrome
Ed Rudolph Velodrome
The Ed Rudolph Velodrome is a velodrome in Northbrook, Illinois used to host track cycling events and soccer games. It is the more centrally located of the two Chicago metropolitan area velodromes...
, and the Northbrook Public Library
Northbrook Public Library
The Northbrook Public Library is a public library located in Northbrook, Illinois and serves both the 40,392 residents of the Village of Northbrook and those of many surrounding communities.-External links:**...
. It also will go down in the annals of history as the birth place of Steven Kaplan.
History
Members of the PotawatomiPotawatomi
The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. In the Potawatomi language, they generally call themselves Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and that was applied...
tribe were the earliest recorded residents of the Northbrook area. In 1833 the Potawatomi ceded their Illinois lands and moved to a place near Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...
. Afterwards Joel Sterling Sherman and his family bought 159 acres (64.3 ha) of land in the northwest quarter of Section 10 for $1.25 per acre; as of 2010 Northbrook's downtown is located on this site. A man named Frederick Schermer donated the land used for the first railroad station, named Schermer Station and later Shermer Station; the community was named Shermerville after him. By the 1870s Shermerville was a farming community. In 1901 the community was incorporated as the Village of Shermerville after a close referendum for incorporation. At the time of incorporation it had 311 residents and 60 houses. By 1921 residents believed that the name "Shermerville" had a negative reputation. A renaming contest was held, and a man named Edward Landwehr submitted the name "Northbrook." In 1923 "Northbrook," the winner, was adopted; at the time Northbrook had 500 residents. After the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Northbrook's population began to rapidly increase.
Geography
Northbrook is located at 42°7′45"N 87°50′27"W (42.129226, −87.840715).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the village has a total area of 13 square miles (33.7 km²), of which, 12.9 square miles (33.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (0.39%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2010, there were 33,170 people, and as of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000 12,203 households, and 9,676 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,588.1 people per square mile (999.2/km²). There were 12,492 housing units at an average density of 967.0 per square mile (373.3/km²). The racial makeup (as of 2010) of the village was 87.12% White, 0.64% African American, 0.01% Native American, 11.82% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population.
In 2000, there were 12,203 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.3% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the village was $115,842, and the median income for a family was $133,813. Males had a median income of $83,206 versus $46,182 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $50,765. About 1.2% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
Notable residents
- Scott AdsitScott AdsitScott Adsit is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.-1990s:After attending Columbia College Chicago,...
, comedian - Steve BartmanSteve BartmanThe Steve Bartman incident occurred during a Major League Baseball playoff game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago....
, gained notoriety for role in the 2003 National League championship game - Mike Brown, ice hockey right wing (Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
) - Luol DengLuol DengLuol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
, Chicago Bulls forward - Anne HenningAnne HenningAnne Elizabeth Henning is a former speed skater from the United States.Anne Henning grew up in Northbrook, Illinois and started in short track speed skating, but then, like many short track speed skaters before and after her, switched to long track speed skating...
, Olympic speed skater - Dianne HolumDianne HolumDianne Mary Holum is a former speed skater.In 1967, at the age of 15, Dianne Holum won bronze at the World Allround Championships. At the age of 16, Holum earned a silver medal in the 500 meter race at the 1968 Winter Olympics, finishing in a three way tie for second place...
, Olympic speed skater - John Hughes, film director
- Jason KipnisJason KipnisJason Michael Kipnis is an American baseball player who plays second base for the Cleveland Indians. He was called up from the minor leagues to the Indians on July 22, 2011....
, second baseman (Cleveland IndiansCleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
) - Jim McMahonJim McMahonJames Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...
, former quarterback (Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
) - John ParkJohn ParkJohn Park VC , born in Derry, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, 2010 American Idol Top 20 - Derrick RoseDerrick RoseDerrick Martell Rose is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ....
, Chicago Bulls Point guard - Jon ScheyerJon ScheyerJonathan James "Jon" Scheyer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League in that competition, the Adriatic League, and the Euroleague...
, All-American basketball player for national champion 2009–10 Duke basketball team2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball teamThe 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils won the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, claiming the school's fourth national title.Duke led...
, and professional player for Maccabi Tel AvivMaccabi Tel AvivMaccabi Tel Aviv is the biggest sports club in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs many sports club and teams in Tel Aviv, which compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, judo, swimming, handball, and others....
- See also: Notable alumni of Glenbrook North High School.
Government and infrastructure
The Village of Northbrook adopted a council manager form of government after a 1953 referendum. The village's board of trustees includes six trustees and the president; all of them must be residents of Northbrook. The board establishes policies and hires a village manager to operate the day to day business.As of 2010 Sandra E. Frum is the president and the trustees are A.C. Buehler III, Kathryn L. Ciesla, Todd A. Heller, James A. Karagianis, Michael W. Scolaro, and Kati B. Spaniak. As of the same year Richard M. Nahrstadt is the village manager and Debra J. Ford is the village clerk.
The United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
operates the
Northbrook Post Office, the Northbrook Downtown Post Office, and the Techny Post Office.
Economy
Northbrook had 15,613 employed civilians as of the 2006–2008 Census Estimate, including 6,841 females. Of the civilian workers, 12,458 were private for profit wage and salary workers.The corporate headquarters of Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is an independent product safety certification organization. Established in 1894, the company has its headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois. UL develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and equipment, chiefly dealing...
, Crate & Barrel are located in Northbrook.
Allstate
Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993...
's headquarters are in a nearby area in Northfield Township
Northfield Township, Cook County, Illinois
Northfield Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 82,880. The township office is located in the Passport Plaza Building in Glenview...
.
Films set in Northbrook
Director John Hughes, a native of Northbrook, used the fictional town of "Shermer" as a setting for several of his films. David Kamp of Vanity FairVanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
said "Hughes’s Shermer was partly Northbrook and partly a composite of all the North Shore
North Shore (Chicago)
The North Shore is a term that refers to the generally affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois bordering the shore of Lake Michigan.- History :Europeans settled the area sparsely after an 1833 treaty with local Native Americans...
’s towns and neighborhoods—and, by extension, all the different milieus that existed in American suburbia" and that Shermer "was at once an Everytown for every teen and an explicit homage to Hughes’s home turf, the North Shore suburbs above Chicago." Hughes and his family moved to Northbrook in 1962, and Hughes attended Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
.
Many parts of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes.The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller , who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago...
were filmed at Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
in the Fall of 1985 with students serving as extras (most of the interior shots, though, were filmed at the shuttered Maine North High School
Maine North High School
Maine North High School was a school in unincorporated Maine Township, part of Maine Township High School District 207 which includes Maine East, Maine West, and Maine South High Schools. It closed in 1981....
). The party scene from the film Uncle Buck
Uncle Buck
Uncle Buck is a 1989 John Hughes comedy film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffman, and Macaulay Culkin, and co-stars Jay Underwood and Laurie Metcalf.-Plot:Bob Russell Uncle Buck is a 1989 John Hughes comedy film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby...
was filmed at a house in the Highlands neighborhood, on Crabtree Lane. The grocery store scene in She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby is a 1988 American romance film directed by John Hughes.The film portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to cope with being married and what is expected of them by their parents. Jake must also deal with the...
was filmed at Sunset Foods, and scenes in Ordinary People
Ordinary People
Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film that marked the directorial debut of Robert Redford. It stars Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton....
and Weird Science
Weird Science (film)
Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock...
were shot at the Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court is a large, upscale Super-regional Mall in Northbrook, Illinois. The mall is one of the most upscale collection of shops in the midwest, and even the nation. Located on its three current anchor stores are Lord & Taylor, Macy's, and Neiman Marcus...
shopping mall. A small scene from the film Risky Business
Risky Business
Risky Business is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written by Paul Brickman in his directorial debut. It stars Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. The hit film launched Cruise to stardom.-Plot:...
was shot at a highway ramp off the Edens Expressway
Edens Expressway
The Edens Expressway is the main major expressway north from the city of Chicago. For most of its length, the Edens carries Interstate 94; it also carries U.S. Route 41 from Wilmette to its northern terminus. Only the short portion from the Spur Ramp to the expressway's end in Highland Park does...
.
Some interior shots from the 2005 Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes , both of which he also co-wrote...
-directed film The Ice Harvest
The Ice Harvest
The Ice Harvest is a 2005 dark comedy/drama film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the novel of the same name by Scott Phillips. It stars John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, and Oliver Platt...
were filmed in a revamped commercial building off Commercial Avenue.
Public schools
Northbrook is served by multiple school districts. The elementary school districts Northbrook School District 27Northbrook School District 27
Northbrook School District 27 is a school district located in Northbrook, Illinois.-Schools:*Hickory Point *Shabonee *Wood Oaks Junior High School -Board of education:*Dr. Jennifer Warner, President...
, Northbrook School District 28
Northbrook School District 28
Northbrook School District 28 is an elementary school district in Northbrook, Illinois.-Schools:*Meadowbrook Elementary School - Grades K-5*Greenbriar Elementary School - Grades K-5*Westmoor Elementary School - Grades K-5...
, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 is a school district with schools located in Northbrook, Illinois and Glenview, Illinois, suburbs of Chicago. Students from this district converge to either Glenbrook North High School and Glenbrook South High School...
, and West Northfield School District 31
West Northfield School District 31
West Northfield School District 31 is an elementary school district with schools located in Northbrook, Illinois and Glenview, Illinois.-Schools:*Henry Winkelman Elementary SchoolWinkelman School was named after Henry Winkelman, the original janitor....
serve Northbrook and are headquartered in Northbrook. Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 is a school district that serves most of Wheeling, Illinois and surrounding communities, such as Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. As of 2006, there are ten elementary schools in the district and three middle...
, headquartered in Wheeling
Wheeling, Illinois
Wheeling is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 34,496 at the 2000 census, and 38,555 at the 2006 special village census.-Geography:Wheeling is located at ....
, also serves sections of Northbrook.
District 27
Northbrook School District 27
Northbrook School District 27 is a school district located in Northbrook, Illinois.-Schools:*Hickory Point *Shabonee *Wood Oaks Junior High School -Board of education:*Dr. Jennifer Warner, President...
operates three grade level centers in Northbrook, including Hickory Point School (K-1), Shabonee School (2–5), and Wood Oaks Junior High School (6–8).
District 28
Northbrook School District 28
Northbrook School District 28 is an elementary school district in Northbrook, Illinois.-Schools:*Meadowbrook Elementary School - Grades K-5*Greenbriar Elementary School - Grades K-5*Westmoor Elementary School - Grades K-5...
operates three (K-5) elementary schools, Meadowbrook Elementary School, Greenbriar Elementary School, and Westmoor Elementary School, in Northbrook. Northbrook Junior High School (6-8) is the district's junior high in Northbrook.
District 30
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 is a school district with schools located in Northbrook, Illinois and Glenview, Illinois, suburbs of Chicago. Students from this district converge to either Glenbrook North High School and Glenbrook South High School...
operates Wescott School (K-5) in Northbrook and Willowbrook School (K-5) in Glenview
Glenview, Cook County, Illinois
Glenview is a suburban village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847...
, both elementary schools serving Northbrook.Maple Middle School (6-8) in Northbrook is District 30's Junior High.
The portion of Northbrook served by District 31
West Northfield School District 31
West Northfield School District 31 is an elementary school district with schools located in Northbrook, Illinois and Glenview, Illinois.-Schools:*Henry Winkelman Elementary SchoolWinkelman School was named after Henry Winkelman, the original janitor....
is served by Winkelman School, an elementary school in Glenview, and Field School, a middle school in Northbrook.
Areas within CCSD 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 is a school district that serves most of Wheeling, Illinois and surrounding communities, such as Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. As of 2006, there are ten elementary schools in the district and three middle...
are served by two schools, including Walt Whitman School, an elementary school in Wheeling
Wheeling, Illinois
Wheeling is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 34,496 at the 2000 census, and 38,555 at the 2006 special village census.-Geography:Wheeling is located at ....
, and Holmes Middle School in Wheeling.
Northfield Township High School District 225 is the high school district serving Northbrook. Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
is located in Northbrook, serving primarily most of Northbrook served completely by the first two districts, and some of the next two. Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook South High School
Glenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North High School...
is also in District 225, which mainly serves nearby Glenview, the part of District 31 in Northbrook and is Glenbrook North's main rival school. The western area within Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 is a school district that serves most of Wheeling, Illinois and surrounding communities, such as Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights. As of 2006, there are ten elementary schools in the district and three middle...
is served by Township High School District 214
Township High School District 214
Township High School District 214 is located in Cook County, Illinois. It is the state's second largest high school district by enrollment .-Schools:* Buffalo Grove High School* Elk Grove High School* John Hersey High School* Prospect High School...
, as part of Wheeling High School
Wheeling High School
Wheeling High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Wheeling, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High...
. Some parts of eastern Northbrook fall in the New Trier High School
New Trier High School
New Trier High School is a public four-year high school , with its major campus located in Winnetka, Illinois, USA, and a second campus in Northfield, Illinois, with freshman classes and district administration...
District.
Private schools
- St. Norbert Catholic School, a K-8 Catholic Grade School, is in Northbrook.
- The Cove School, a K-12 school for disabled children, is in Northbrook.
Public libraries
Northbrook Public LibraryNorthbrook Public Library
The Northbrook Public Library is a public library located in Northbrook, Illinois and serves both the 40,392 residents of the Village of Northbrook and those of many surrounding communities.-External links:**...
is the public library of Northbrook. The library's origins stem from a reading room created by the Citizens' Club of Shermerville. The library operations were located in the reading room, Shermerville School, and the former village hall before the first dedicated library building was dedicated in 1954. The northern portion of the current library opened in
1969, and bonds of 1975 and 1997 expanded the current library.
Parks and recreation
The Northbrook Park DistrictNorthbrook Park District
Origin=In June of 1927, the Northbrook Park District was formed with Commissioners Clarence Barteme, Wallace Clore, J.W. Cooksey, Edward Landwehr and Herman Meier, President.Administration=...
, headquartered in Northbrook, operates recreational facilities. The 17.25 square mile park district, formed in June 1927, serves all of Northbrook and some unincorporated area
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
s within Cook County
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
. The park district lies within the townships of Northfield
Northfield Township, Cook County, Illinois
Northfield Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 82,880. The township office is located in the Passport Plaza Building in Glenview...
and Wheeling
Wheeling Township, Cook County, Illinois
Wheeling Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 155,834. It is the northeasternmost and most populated of the six northwest Cook County townships that form the panhandle.-Geography:...
.
The Highwood Braves Red 13/14U team is a youth sponsored baseball team composed mostly of players from Northbrook, IL. The Highwood Braves 13U/14U team is a full-time travel baseball team participating in tournaments and Mid-Suburban Baseball League games. The Highwood Braves program was begun by Mr. Rich Synek of Glenbrook Sports Academy as full time alternative baseball program designed to improve the competition young athletes receive.
See also
- Techny, IllinoisTechny, IllinoisTechny is a neighborhood of Northbrook, Illinois, United States. Techny was once a separate community but was eventually annexed by Northbrook. The North American headquarters of the Divine Word Missionaries has been located in Techny since 1896. The Divine Word Missionaries opened St...
, a neighborhood of Northbrook