Wheeling, Illinois Wheeling, Illinois Village of Wheeling, Illinois Cook County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Wheeling highlighted.svg Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S.
The populace was 37,648 at the 2010 census. Wheeling is titled for Wheeling, WV. Wheeling is positioned at 42 7 53 N 87 55 47 W (42.131526, -87.929586). According to the 2010 census, the village has a total region of 8.74 square miles (22.6 km2), of which 8.74 square miles (22.6 km2) (or 97.26%) is territory and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km2) (or 2.74%) is water. Climate data for Wheeling, Illinois In the village, the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Wheeling has a station on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily commuter rail service between Antioch and Chicago Union Station Monday through Friday.
Chicago Executive Airport, a busy general aviation airport, is positioned in Wheeling and Prospect Heights and jointly run by both villages.
Formerly known as Palwaukee Municipal Airport, it is the third busiest airport in Illinois, after Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports.
Wheeling is served by the Indian Trails Public Library District and Prospect Heights Public Library District.
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 is positioned in Wheeling.
It comprises five elementary schools and three middle schools.
Elementary schools include Walt Whitman Elementary School, Robert Frost Elementary School, Booth Tarkington Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School and Eugene Field Elementary School.
Middle schools include Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School and Jack London Middle School.
In addition to students from District 21, a small portion of students from Prospect Heights School District 23 attend Wheeling High School.
Schools in this precinct include Betsy Ross Elementary School (2-3), Anne Sullivan Elementary School (4-5), Dwight D.
Eisenhower Elementary School (Pre - K-1) and Douglas Mac - Arthur Middle School (6-8).
Most Wheeling students attend Wheeling High School, though a small portion of Wheeling students attend Buffalo Grove High School.
Both schools belong to Township High School District 214, which is Illinois' second biggest high school precinct by enrollment.
However all the Wheeling students residing in Prospect Heights School District 23 attend Ross, Sullivan or Eisenhower and Mac - Arthur and attend Wheeling High School.
Students can also attend one of many private schools in town or in the area.
Slowacki School serves pre-kindergarten through 11th grade.
East Capitol High School serves grades 9-12.
Viator High School also serves grades 9-12.
Joseph the Worker school was formerly a Catholic undertaking school which served grades K-8.
Alphonsus Ligouri School is also a Catholic undertaking school which serves K-8 in close-by Prospect Heights which serves Wheeling and which is also positioned in Wheeling High School's boundaries.
William Rainey Harper College, based in Palatine, is the improve college serving Wheeling.
Wheeling and Prospect Heights are served by the Wheeling and Prospect Heights Area Chamber of Commerce.
The WPH Chamber is an active, membership-based organization committed to maintaining a healthy and progressive company surrounding in the Wheeling and Prospect Heights, Illinois area.
Camp Ramah, a Jewish day camp, is positioned in Wheeling.
Wheeling was home to video game business Jaleco USA and to the American branch of Taito Corporation. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wheeling village, Illinois".
Village of Wheeling Wheeling Park District Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, United States Wheeling, Illinois
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