Mount Prospect, Illinois Mount Prospect Village of Mount Prospect Cook County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Mount Prospect highlighted.svg Wikimedia Commons: Mount Prospect, Illinois Mount Prospect is a village in Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships in Cook County, Illinois, about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of downtown Chicago.
Mount Prospect is positioned at 42 3 56 N 87 56 10 W (42.065427, -87.936217). According to the 2010 census, Mount Prospect has a total region of 10.374 square miles (26.87 km2), of which 10.34 square miles (26.78 km2) (or 99.67%) is territory and 0.034 square miles (0.09 km2) (or 0.33%) is water. At 665 feet above sea level, Mount Prospect is a high point in the immediate area.
Mount Prospect, Illinois According to the Koppen climate classification system, Mount Prospect lies inside the Humid continental climate zone (or Dfa) in the warm summer type.
In 2008, Mount Prospect was voted the best town/city in which to raise children. Companies based in Mount Prospect include Cummins Allison, NTN USA and Rauland-Borg.
6 Village of Mount Prospect 306 8 Mount Prospect School District 57 298 Mount Prospect has a number of distinct and award-winning school districts.
Central Mount Prospect is served by Mount Prospect School District 57.
North (and somewhat east) Mount Prospect is served by River Trails School District 26.
South (and somewhat west) Mount Prospect is served by Elk Grove Community Consolidated School District 59.
A very small portion of northern Mount Prospect in its northernmost point is served by Buffalo Grove-Wheeling Community Consolidated District 21.
A small part of north central Mount Prospect is also served by Arlington Heights School District 25.
A small part of northwest Mount Prospect is served by Prospect Heights School District 23.
Township High School District 214 serves Mount Prospect, served by multiple High Schools, all but Elk Grove High School and Buffalo Grove High School.
Prospect High School is the only one positioned inside the village.
The two Catholic parochial schools (K-8) positioned inside Mount Prospect are St.
The schools that service Mount Prospect are: Mount Prospect District 57 Windsor Elementary School (K 5; positioned in Arlington Heights) Dryden Elementary School (K 5; positioned in Arlington Heights) Prospect Heights School District 23 Betsy Elementary School (2-3; positioned in Prospect Heights) Anne Sullivan Elementary School (3 5; positioned in Prospect Heights) Eisenhower Elementary School (Pre-K-1; positioned in Prospect Heights) Mac - Arthur Middle School (6 8; positioned in Prospect Heights) Prospect High School (9 12) Mount Prospect is also home to one of the three campuses of ITT Technical Institute in Illinois.
Mount Prospect Village Hall In the 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers (set in Chicago and vicinity), the car the Blues Brothers ride in is described as being bought at auction from the Mount Prospect Police Department.
Ian Brennan, co-creator of Glee and Scream Queens; Prospect High School alumnus Lee De - Wyze, winner of American Idol Season 9; attended Prospect High School Phil Masi, baseball player (Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox); died in Mount Prospect Jennifer Morrison, actress (House, Once Upon a Time (TV series), Star Trek Into Darkness; attended Prospect High School Village of Mount Prospect.
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