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Maine South High School

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Maine South High School is a public high school located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois, and has sister schools of Maine East High School (northern Park Ridge), and Maine West High School (lower west of Des Plaines). Its address is 1111 South Dee Road in southern Park Ridge. The school serves mainly the city of Park Ridge, but it also serves some of Niles, Harwood Heights, and unincorporated Norwood Park Township. School size is approximately 2,500 and generally growing.

Maine South's academic programs range from romedial/academy class, to accelerated honors/AP classes. Maine South High School's test scores score in the top 15% in the country, and is considered in the top ten public high schools (by the Illinois State Achievement Test) in the Chicagoland area.

Along with its academics, Maine South also has an excellent athletic program, where the school mascot is the Hawk, and the school colors are red, white and black.

Maine South High School plays in the Central Suburban League, which is thought to be one of the best conference's in the state.

The Principal of Maine South High School is Mr. David Claypool


Notable alumni


Maine South High School website