Maine West
| Maine West High School | |
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1755 South Wolf Road Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°01′16″N 87°54′25″W / 42.021°N 87.907°WCoordinates: 42°01′16″N 87°54′25″W / 42.021°N 87.907°W |
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| School type | public, secondary |
| Opened | 1959 |
| School district | Maine Twp. H.S. 207 |
| NCES District ID | 1724090 |
| Superintendent | Ken Wallace |
| NCES School ID | 172409005032 |
| Principal | Audrey J. Haugan |
| Teaching staff | 141.77 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 2,037 (2014-15) |
| Average class size | 22 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.37 |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) |
Columbia blue gold white |
| Athletics conference | Central Suburban League |
| Team name | Warriors |
| Average ACT scores (2010-11) | 21.4 |
| Publication | West Words |
| Newspaper | Westerner |
| Yearbook | Legend |
| TV/radio station | WMTH |
| Website | http://west.maine207.org/ |
Maine West High School, also known as Maine West or MWHS, is a public four-year high school located in Des Plaines, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Maine Township High School District 207, which also includes Maine East High School and Maine South High School. Maine Township High School West serves most of Des Plaines and a portion of Rosemont.
In 1957, with the population of the district predicted to rise, the school district leadership purchased 73 acres (300,000 m2) of land which had been the location of two truck farms.
While the school was designed to be home to 3,000 students, there was concern about the environment being too large. Thus, the school's design was made with a central core, and three classroom wings, each of which would be its own separate school.
While opened in time for the start of the 1959–60 school year, the school was formally dedicated on November 8, 1959.
In 1974, Maine West won a contest to have KISS play at their school. On November 2, 1974, Kiss played in Maine West's auditorium.
On October 31, 1980, five days before the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan appeared at Maine West with actors Cesar Romero and Robert Conrad, giving a 30-minute address to the students and other invited guests.
In 2008, Maine West had an average composite ACT score of 21.7, and graduated 92.9% of its senior class. Maine West has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, which with the ACT comprise the assessment tools used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. While the overall school did achieve their AYP, two student subgroups did not meet minimal requirements in reading.
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