Is Maine South High School a good school?

Yes. Maine South High School ranks in the top 5.5% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Maine South High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,491 students attended Maine South High School.

What is the racial makeup of Maine South High School?

Students at Maine South High School are 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Maine South High School?

Maine South High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Eugene Field Elementary School Elementary : Franklin Elementary School Elementary : George B Carpenter Elementary School Elementary : George Washington Elementary School Elementary : Pennoyer Elementary School Elementary : Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Middle : Emerson Middle School Middle : Lincoln Middle School

Maine South High School

Summary:

Maine South High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Park Ridge, Illinois, part of the highly-ranked Maine Township High School District 207. This exceptional school has consistently been one of the top-performing high schools in Illinois, ranking in the top 40 out of over 700 high schools in the state for the past several years.

Maine South High School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with 45.5% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 32.6% for the district and 26.1% for the state. Similarly, 57% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also boasts an exceptional four-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.5% to 96.8% over the past five years, and a low dropout rate of 0.6% to 1.2%. Additionally, Maine South excels in the performance of diverse student subgroups, ranking in the top 50 in Illinois for female, male, Hispanic, and White students, and in the top 30 for English Language Learners and students with disabilities.

While Maine South High School has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 23.6% in 2023-2024, it still performs better than the state average and its nearby counterparts, Maine East High School (35.1%) and Maine West High School (34.3%). The school's consistent high performance, commitment to equity, and strong academic outcomes make it a standout among Illinois high schools, with East Leyden High School and Ridgewood Community High School also demonstrating impressive results in the region.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1111 S Dee Rd
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4379

(847) 825-7711

District: Maine Township HSD 207

SchoolDigger Rank:
38^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,908

Feeder schools for Maine South High School:

Elementary:	Eugene Field Elementary School
	Franklin Elementary School
	George B Carpenter Elementary School
	George Washington Elementary School
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	Pennoyer Elementary School
	Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
Middle:	Emerson Middle School
	Lincoln Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.5

Number of students: 2,491

Racial breakdown:

White:

79.6%

Hispanic:

11.7%

Asian:

4.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 5.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Maine South High School ranks better than 94.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the Maine Township HSD 207 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 96.07. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Maine South High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Maine South High School has the largest high school student body size in the Maine Township HSD 207 School District. Racial makeup is: White (79.6%), Hispanic (11.7%), Asian (4.7%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Maine South High School is 16.5, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the Maine Township HSD 207 School District! (See more...)

Compare Maine South High School employs 150.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Maine South High School is $21,908. 2 high schools in the Maine Township HSD 207 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Maine South High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Maine South High School 38^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Maine South High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Maine Township HSD 207:

SchoolDigger ranks Maine Township HSD 207 183^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Maine South High School

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Rank History for all students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	95.76	15^th	586	97.4%
2004	94.19	16^th	592	97.3%
2005	94.04	14^th	590	97.6%
2006	92.49	24^th	596	96.0%
2007	94.71	19^th	612	96.9%
2008	95.65	13^th	624	97.9%
2009	95.73	11^th	632	98.3%
2010	94.58	17^th	643	97.4%
2011	94.02	20^th	655	96.9%
2012	94.24	20^th	665	97.0%
2013	93.84	24^th	670	96.4%
2014	93.83	30^th	670	95.5%
2015	79.76	86^th	614	86.0%
2016	75.28	82^nd	643	87.2%
2017	94.70	29^th	642	95.5%
2018	93.66	35^th	647	94.6%
2019	93.61	39^th	701	94.4%
2021	97.26	30^th	688	95.6%
2022	97.58	15^th	699	97.9%
2023	96.03	19^th	699	97.3%
2024	96.07	38^th	697	94.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	80.11	29^th	154	81.2%
2019	69.19	48^th	165	70.9%
2022	73.00	43^rd	170	74.7%
2023	80.50	34^th	163	79.1%
2024	84.75	29^th	182	84.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.97	159^th	217	26.7%
2024	79.62	25^th	248	89.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	96.56	13^th	374	96.5%
2019	87.49	29^th	473	93.9%
2021	84.77	31^st	453	93.2%
2022	82.49	37^th	493	92.5%
2023	99.12	15^th	476	96.8%
2024	96.62	31^st	482	93.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.31	35^th	585	94.0%
2019	94.97	14^th	639	97.8%
2021	96.97	20^th	611	96.7%
2022	81.94	56^th	626	91.1%
2023	83.76	58^th	644	91.0%
2024	78.01	90^th	639	85.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.75	37^th	620	94.0%
2019	92.56	41^st	665	93.8%
2021	96.46	29^th	639	95.5%
2022	96.38	18^th	658	97.3%
2023	94.50	23^rd	656	96.5%
2024	95.95	33^rd	664	95.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	99.54	5^th	428	98.8%
2024	91.23	32^nd	429	92.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	93.71	31^st	619	95.0%
2019	93.08	41^st	675	93.9%
2021	96.52	34^th	653	94.8%
2022	97.52	14^th	664	97.9%
2023	96.08	20^th	668	97.0%
2024	94.62	49^th	668	92.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.65	42^nd	132	68.2%
2019	70.67	39^th	130	70.0%
2021	45.50	80^th	135	40.7%
2022	63.26	54^th	141	61.7%
2023	68.89	43^rd	134	67.9%
2024	46.24	76^th	137	44.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.79	22^nd	291	92.4%
2019	87.22	34^th	317	89.3%
2021	90.38	27^th	317	91.5%
2022	93.61	19^th	335	94.3%
2023	91.83	24^th	333	92.8%
2024	90.19	31^st	336	90.8%

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Rank History for White students at Maine South High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.95	49^th	548	91.1%
2019	89.27	52^nd	552	90.6%
2021	93.85	43^rd	553	92.2%
2022	95.48	17^th	560	97.0%
2023	92.08	33^rd	557	94.1%
2024	91.77	49^th	554	91.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Maine South High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1830	21	37	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1906
1989	1677	25	39	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	1764
1990	1586	13	45	27	2	n/a	n/a	0	1673
1991	1641	1	40	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	1716
1992	1627	1	46	26	3	n/a	n/a	0	1703
1993	1653	4	41	32	2	n/a	n/a	0	1732
1994	1677	1	41	24	3	n/a	n/a	0	1746
1995	1779	3	64	48	5	n/a	n/a	0	1899
1996	1779	3	64	48	5	n/a	n/a	0	1899
1997	1865	5	62	55	5	n/a	n/a	0	1992
1998	1949	4	63	59	6	n/a	n/a	0	2081
1999	2001	1	60	72	6	n/a	n/a	0	2140
2000	2081	2	57	72	7	n/a	n/a	0	2219
2001	2158	1	59	74	9	n/a	n/a	0	2301
2002	2240	2	77	95	11	n/a	n/a	0	2425
2003	2240	2	77	95	11	n/a	n/a	0	2425
2004	2278	3	80	114	12	n/a	n/a	0	2487
2005	2339	5	87	126	10	n/a	n/a	0	2567
2006	2294	8	93	145	13	n/a	n/a	0	2553
2007	2315	11	94	159	13	n/a	n/a	0	2592
2008	2258	8	105	176	9	n/a	n/a	0	2556
2009	2261	8	107	195	9	n/a	n/a	2	2582
2010	2272	10	111	183	12	n/a	n/a	38	2626
2011	2294	8	73	198	7	5	3	0	2588
2012	1687	3	49	137	3	4	18	0	1901
2013	2122	5	69	219	7	5	34	0	2461
2014	2013	2	81	231	9	3	44	0	2383
2015	1966	6	84	224	9	0	49	0	2338
2016	2009	6	63	209	7	0	60	0	2354
2017	2018	12	76	201	6	2	86	0	2401
2018	2036	14	74	195	7	2	68	0	2396
2019	2043	14	79	197	5	2	50	0	2390
2020	2034	15	93	198	3	2	30	0	2375
2021	2071	13	98	201	2	4	26	0	2415
2022	2017	11	106	258	1	3	58	0	2454
2023	1991	19	126	284	1	5	68	1	2495
2024	1982	20	117	291	1	6	73	1	2491

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Maine South High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1906	104.6	18.2	n/a
1989	1764	97.7	18.0	n/a
1990	1673	104.2	16.0	n/a
1991	1716	114.3	15.0	n/a
1992	1703	106.7	15.9	n/a
1993	1732	107.2	16.2	n/a
1994	1746	106.0	16.5	n/a
1995	1899	112.0	17.0	n/a
1996	1899	112.0	17.0	n/a
1997	1992	117.6	16.9	n/a
1998	2081	127.2	16.4	n/a
1999	2140	133.2	16.1	n/a
2000	2219	139.1	16.0	n/a
2001	2301	147.2	15.6	n/a
2002	2425	162.1	15.0	0
2003	2425	162.1	15.0	0
2004	2487	162.8	15.3	n/a
2005	2567	169.7	15.1	n/a
2006	2553	172.1	14.8	n/a
2007	2592	159.0	16.3	n/a
2008	2556	152.0	16.8	n/a
2009	2582	171.0	15.1	n/a
2010	2626	171.0	15.3	0
2011	2588	153.5	16.8	0
2012	1901	147.4	12.8	8.1
2013	2461	172.7	14.2	7.4
2014	2383	147.0	16.2	8.3
2015	2338	143.0	16.3	7.4
2016	2354	142.0	16.5	7.8
2017	2401	138.9	17.2	7.5
2018	2396	144.9	16.5	7.3
2019	2390	144.1	16.5	6.4
2020	2375	134.4	17.6	5.5
2021	2415	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2454	140.1	17.5	5.7
2023	2495	144.7	17.2	n/a
2024	2491	150.9	16.5	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Maine South High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1906	104.6	18.2	n/a
1989	1764	97.7	18.0	n/a
1990	1673	104.2	16.0	n/a
1991	1716	114.3	15.0	n/a
1992	1703	106.7	15.9	n/a
1993	1732	107.2	16.2	n/a
1994	1746	106.0	16.5	n/a
1995	1899	112.0	17.0	n/a
1996	1899	112.0	17.0	n/a
1997	1992	117.6	16.9	n/a
1998	2081	127.2	16.4	n/a
1999	2140	133.2	16.1	n/a
2000	2219	139.1	16.0	n/a
2001	2301	147.2	15.6	n/a
2002	2425	162.1	15.0	0
2003	2425	162.1	15.0	0
2004	2487	162.8	15.3	n/a
2005	2567	169.7	15.1	n/a
2006	2553	172.1	14.8	n/a
2007	2592	159.0	16.3	n/a
2008	2556	152.0	16.8	n/a
2009	2582	171.0	15.1	n/a
2010	2626	171.0	15.3	0
2011	2588	153.5	16.8	0
2012	1901	147.4	12.8	8.1
2013	2461	172.7	14.2	7.4
2014	2383	147.0	16.2	8.3
2015	2338	143.0	16.3	7.4
2016	2354	142.0	16.5	7.8
2017	2401	138.9	17.2	7.5
2018	2396	144.9	16.5	7.3
2019	2390	144.1	16.5	6.4
2020	2375	134.4	17.6	5.5
2021	2415	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2454	140.1	17.5	5.7
2023	2495	144.7	17.2	n/a
2024	2491	150.9	16.5	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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