Niles West High School
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5701 Oakton St , 60077 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°01′28″N 87°46′20″W / 42.0244°N 87.7723°W |
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| School type | public, comprehensive secondary |
| Opened | 1958 |
| School district | Niles Township High School District 219 |
| NCES District ID | 1728530[1] |
| Superintendent | Thomas Moore[2] |
| NCES School ID | 172853002988[1] |
| Teaching staff | 193.00(FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Gender | coed[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,615 (2023–2024)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.55[1] |
| Campus type | City: small[1] |
| Color(s) | red white[4] |
| Athletics conference | Central Suburban League[4] |
| Team name | Wolves[4] |
| Rival | Niles North High School |
| Newspaper | Niles West News |
| Yearbook | Spectrum |
| Website | https://west.niles219.org/ |
Niles West High School (NWHS), officially Niles Township High School West, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, in the United States. NWHS is part of the Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes Niles North High School. The name of the school teams originally was the Indians, which later was changed to the Wolves, in 2001. The feeder middle-schools for NWHS are Lincoln Junior High School (Skokie), Fairview South School (Skokie), Lincoln Hall Middle School (Lincolnwood), Culver Middle School (Niles), and Park View School (Morton Grove). Niles West High School also matriculates many students from MCC Academy, Morton Grove, Illinois.
History
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Niles West High School sits on over an acre of land. The school opened in the fall of 1958.
In 1996, the Niles Township Federation of Teachers went on a strike for two weeks over negotiations with administrators. During that time numerous students staged a walkout and pledged their allegiance to Niles West. Strikes have also happened in 1979 and 1985 with similar results.
Academics
[edit]In 2007, Niles West had an average composite ACT score of 22.3, and graduated 93.2% of its senior class.[5] The average class size was 19.2.[5] In 2012, Newsweek ranked Niles West on its list of the Top 1000 Public Schools in the nation.
As of 2011, many 8th or 7th graders have been attending Niles West High School as part as an off-level program.[6]
Athletics
[edit]Niles West competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Teams are stylized as the Wolves.
Until the end of the 1999–2000 school year, the sports teams were known as Niles West Indians, a name which was changed to the Wolves so as not to offend Native Americans.[7]
Niles West sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for boys and girls in basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, water polo, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Boys may also compete in baseball and football. Girls can also compete on the wrestling team and may compete in softball. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a poms team for girls.[8]
The baseball team has won two IHSA state championships (1971–72 and 1974–75).[9] The girls basketball team won the IHSA state championship in 1978-79.[9]
Niles West also won the IHSA state championship for boys gymnastics in 2016.[10]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Steven N. Berk, Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; nominated by Barack Obama
- Arnie Bernstein, nonfiction writer[11][12]
- Bart Conner, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductee and Congressional Gold Medal recipient
- Jeffrey Erickson, bank robber[13]
- Merrick Garland, 86th Attorney General of the United States (2021-2025)
- Kahmora Hall, drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race contestant[14]
- Jim Hart (American football), NFL quarterback (1966–1984), most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals, selected to four Pro Bowls
- Paul Igasaki, former Chief Judge of U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board
- Jerry Kang, UCLA law professor and university administrator, current presidential nominee for the National Council on the Humanities, advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities,
- George Kontos, former San Francisco Giants pitcher and sports commentator for NBC Bay Area[15]
- George Kotsiopoulos, television host, author, and former magazine editor
- John S. Koudounis, CEO of Calamos Investments
- Gary Kremen, founder of Match.com[16]
- Jewell Loyd, a professional basketball player currently playing for the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA (league champion (with Seattle Storm, 2018, 2020), Gold Medal, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Paris 2024 Olympics. Her number 32 retired by Niles West High School.[17]
- Rashard Mendenhall, former football player, Huffington Post contributor, and writer for HBO's Ballers
- George Papadopoulos, policy adviser[18]
- Atour Sargon, Assyrian American activist and politician[19][20]
- Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout and a writer focused on prison-related topics
- Rick Singer, mastermind of 2019 college admissions bribery scandal[21]
- Todd Sucherman, Styx drummer[22][23]
- Larsa Pippen, American reality television personality, socialite, and businesswoman.
- Jeanette Sliwinski, convicted murderer [citation needed]
- Azhar Usman, Standup comedian, screenwriter, Marvel actor, television & film producer.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Niles West High School". Statistical analysis. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). October 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ "Niles Township High School District 219 Board of Education Announces New Superintendent". Niles Township High School District 219. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Niles West High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Skokie (Niles West)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). August 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ a b Class of 2007 school report card Archived April 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malek, Sonja. "Our Youngest Wolves: Middle School Mathematicians". Niles West News. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Niles West High School's Team Name To Be Wolves". Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Niles West Athletic Department; accessed 11 April 2009
- ^ a b "Skokie (Niles West) Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago. "Showing how far they've come, Niles West gymnasts capture state title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Kleine, Ted (January 7, 1999). "In Print: the history of Hollywood on the lake". Chicago Reader. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ "Arnie Bernstein". Illinois Center for the Book. Illinois State Library. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ Green, Michelle (March 2, 1992) "Bloody Ending to a Double Life", People. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- ^ Swartz, Tracy (December 28, 2020). "Chicago women to root for on reality TV in 2021". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "George Kontos joins Giants broadcast team on NBC Sports Bay Area". RSN. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gkremen/ [self-published source]
- ^ "Jewell Loyd". Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ O'Connell, Patrick; Skiba, Katherine; Meisner, Jason (October 31, 2017). "Former Trump campaign adviser, DePaul alum from Chicago pleads guilty to lying to FBI". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Snell, Joe (March 2019). "Atour Sargon, longtime Lincolnwood resident, runs on ticket of transparency, diversity". The Assyrian Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Civic Engagement in the Assyrian American Community (9/7/19) on YouTube
- ^ Lee, Lexi. "Face of College Admissions Scandal Is a Niles West Alum". Niles West News. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Niles West High School (1985). Spectrum 1985 - Niles West High School Yearbook. Morton Grove Public Library. Niles West High School.
- ^ "Sucherman unwinds & rewinds with Styx — Skokie news, photos and events — TribLocal.com". TribLocal. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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