Arlington Heights is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago. As of the 2000 census, the village has a total population of 76,031. A 2003 recount gave the village a population of 76,422, the largest for a village in Illinois.
Arlington Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; also hosted the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002. It is also home to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections in the state, as well as the Metropolis Performing Arts Theatre and John Hersey High School.
Arlington Heights has experienced a recent boom in development of condominiums, restaurants and other businesses in the downtown area of Arlington Heights. Although land and space is now limited in Arlington Heights; business development, community development and community design are key concerns of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce with over 800 individual members and about 500 business members. The Village of Arlington Heights is also instrumental in business development, residential development and community development.
Public elementary schools
and middle schools in Arlington Heights
are operated by Arlington Heights School
District 25. Public high schools are operated
by Township High School District 214. During
peak enrollment from the 1960's to the 1980's,
there were three public high schools in
Arlington Heights: Arlington High School,
Forest View High School and John Hersey
High School. Arlington High School was the
original high school founded in 1922, but
was closed in 1984. Forest View High School
was closed in 1986 but serves administrative
purposes for the district. Today high school
students attend Buffalo Grove High School,
John Hersey High School, Prospect High School,
Wheeling High School, and Rolling Meadows
High School. There are also several private
schools in Arlington Heights, such as St.
Viator High School, St. James School, Our
Lady of Wayside, St. Peters School and Christian
Liberty Academy.
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