Niles West High School

Niles West High School
Address
5701 Oakton St

,
60077

United States
Coordinates42°01′28″N 87°46′20″W / 42.0244°N 87.7723°W / 42.0244; -87.7723
Information
School typepublic, comprehensive secondary
Opened1958
School districtNiles Township High School District 219
NCES District ID1728530
SuperintendentThomas Moore
NCES School ID172853002988
PrincipalJeremy Christian
Teaching staff193.00(FTE)
Grades9-12
Gendercoed
Enrollment2,615 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.55
Campus typeCity: small
Color(s)  red
  white
Athletics conferenceCentral Suburban League
Team nameWolves
RivalNiles North High School
NewspaperNiles West News
YearbookSpectrum
Websitehttps://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.