These public high schools in the Chicago area have been closed over the past 36 years because of declining enrollment:
• Arlington High School in Arlington Heights, closed in 1984. Students now attend one of three high schools in the same district: Hersey, Prospect or Rolling Meadows high schools.
• Forest View High School in Arlington Heights, closed in 1986 after 25 years. Students had the choice of attending Elk Grove, Prospect, or Rolling Meadows high schools.
• Maine North High School in Maine Township, closed in 1981 after 10 years because of faulty projections for a population increase.
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• New Trier West High Schoolin Northfield, closed in 1981, after 16 years. The New Trier Township school board merged New Trier East and New Trier West but kept both buildings open. The Northfield building new serves as the freshman campus for New Trier High School, and sophomores, juniors and seniors go to the former New Trier East building in Winnetka.
• Niles East High School in Skokie, closed in 1980 after 42 years. It was the oldest of the Niles Township high school district’s three schools.
