Maine West High School, located in Des Plaines, Ill., offers a wide range of educational and extracurricular programs to students in grades nine through 12. The school has an enrollment of more than 2,200 students. It provides a variety of subjects, including English, mathematics, science, social studies, arts, computers, and health and physical education. It also organizes sports activities, including cross-country, soccer, swimming, basketball, cheerleading, golf, tennis, and track and field. The school features a media center, a gymnasium, and science and computer laboratories. It has a library that provides a large collection of magazines, reference notes, fiction, newspapers, journals and encyclopedias. The school also has a parent-teacher association that involves parents in various fund-raising and educational activities of school. It is affiliated with the Maine Township High School District 207.