Maine East High School

Located at 2601 Dempster St, in Park Ridge, Illinois, Maine East High School is a heavily attended four-year high school that teaches 1,921 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Maine Township HSD 207. Enrollment runs roughly 130% above the state mean of about 834.

Maine East High School is one of 3 schools operated by Maine Township HSD 207, a district that caters to 6,272 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Maine East High School shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Maine East High School has 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Maine East High School is one.

Franklin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Maine East High School's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,830 (now 1,921). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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