Photo: Miroslaw Mucha · Public domainNiles’s public schools outscore 70% of Illinois districts
On the state math tests, 32% of Niles’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the four public school districts serving Niles, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2022, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education. Maine Township High School District 207, Niles Township Community High School District 219 and East Maine School District 63 has no newer results, so its figures are from 2020–21.
Niles’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 1490 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Niles’s, its schools beat 83%, higher than their 70% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 34% and math 32% across its districts in spring 2022, against 30% and 26% statewide; 92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Maine Township High School District 207 spends $29,333 per student and Niles Township Community High School District 219 $37,090, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Six elementary schools, then two middle and five high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Niles’s grade
B+: better than 70% of Illinois school districts, #267 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Niles, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Niles · depends on your address
Clarence E Culver School
Grades PK–8 · 666 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Early Learning Center
Grades PK · 290 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Des Plaines
6th grade in Niles · depends on your address
Gemini Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,111 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Clarence E Culver School
Grades PK–8 · 666 students · 12:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Niles · depends on your address
Gemini Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,111 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Clarence E Culver School
Grades PK–8 · 666 students · 12:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Niles · depends on your address
Gemini Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 1,111 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Clarence E Culver School
Grades PK–8 · 666 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Parts of Niles (12%, 6% and 2% of its land) are served by Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64, Skokie-Fairview School District 72 and Golf Elementary School District 67 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Four districts serve Niles
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Niles vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Niles’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Niles | B+ | Niles Elementary School District 71 PK–8 · East Maine School District 63 PK–8 · Maine Township High School District 207 9–12 |
| Morton Grove | A− | Morton Grove School District 70 PK–8 · Golf Elementary School District 67 PK–8 · Niles Township Community High School District 219 9–12 |
| Chicago | C | Chicago Public School District 299 PK–12 · Maine Township High School District 207 9–12 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Niles Township | A− | Niles Township Community High School District 219 |
| Park Ridge | A | Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 PK–8 · Maine Township High School District 207 9–12 |
| Glenview | A | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 PK–8 · Northfield Township High School District 225 9–12 |
| Skokie | B+ | Skokie School District 68 K–8 · Niles Township Community High School District 219 9–12 |
3 of the 6 neighbors share Niles Township Community High School District 219 with Niles for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Niles
12 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Niles’s schools
Are Niles’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Niles children attend outscore 70% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #267 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 83%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Niles in?
Maine Township High School District 207, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 6,272 students in 3 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Niles are served by Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64, Skokie-Fairview School District 72 and Golf Elementary School District 67.
Where do Niles kids go to high school?
One of 5 high schools, depending on your address: Niles West High School, Maine South High School, Niles North High School, Maine East High School and Maine West High School.
What is Niles’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Maine Township High School District 207 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Niles spend per student?
$29,333 in Maine Township High School District 207, $37,090 in Niles Township Community High School District 219, $21,775 in Niles Elementary School District 71 and $20,682 in East Maine School District 63 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Niles families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.