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Maine West High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1755 S Wolf Rd
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone
(847) 827-6176
District
MAINE TOWNSHIP HSD 207
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2026

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.7% of IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

7

(10 is best)

Maine West High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
33%
34%
34%
37%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
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    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 451 22.3%
Grade 10 487 24.0%
Grade 11 531 26.2%
Grade 12 557 27.5%
Total 2026 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 42.8% 59.3% 49.0%
Black 3.6% 2.7% 17.2%
Hispanic 42.2% 23.1% 27.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.1% 14.7% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 143,820 12,671,469
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,144.8 227
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.3% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.5% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 15.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 54,701 4,830,297
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 9.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.8% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 44.1% 35.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.2% 16.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.8% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.6% 12.1%
$15,000 or less 7.1% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,273 $109,562,639 60.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,192 $13,903,856 7.6%
Staff $913 $5,791,159 3.2%
General Administration $634 $4,021,462 2.2%
School Administration $1,622 $10,288,346 5.7%
Operation $2,766 $17,544,738 9.7%
Transportation $421 $2,670,403 1.5%
Other $807 $5,118,801 2.8%
Total Support $9,355 $59,338,765 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,028 $12,863,604 7.1%
Total Expenditures $28,656 $181,765,008 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,029 $19,016,817,034 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,163 $2,204,523,870 6.0%
Staff $638 $1,210,407,942 3.3%
General Administration $631 $1,197,392,434 3.3%
School Administration $874 $1,656,939,355 4.5%
Operation $1,371 $2,600,014,237 7.1%
Transportation $768 $1,457,229,827 4.0%
Other $660 $1,251,815,989 3.4%
Total Support $6,106 $11,578,604,873 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,213 $6,092,052,816 16.6%
Total Expenditures $19,347 $36,687,573,523 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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