Maine West High School

Maine West High School is one of the heavily attended secondary schools in Des Plaines, Illinois, part of Maine Township HSD 207, with 1,857 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 123% bigger than the state mean of about 834.

Maine Township HSD 207 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 6,272 students; Maine West High School is among them.

Demographically, Maine West High School records that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 37% White, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 West High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Plainfield Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Maine West High School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maine West High School has decreased 10%, going from 2,059 students in 2018 to 1,857 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 45% to 37%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.