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West Leyden High School is a high school in Northlake, Illinois. First opened for enrollment in...

West Leyden High School is a high school in Northlake, Illinois. First opened for enrollment in 1959, the athletic mascot of West Leyden High School was originally the Knights until 1981. At this time, the East and West Leyden High School athletic programs merged together to create an athletic team currently known as the Eagles. Together with East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois, it comprises Leyden High School District 212 of the suburban communities in Franklin Park, Northlake, Rosemont, Schiller Park, River Grove, Melrose Park and unincorporated Leyden Township. West Leyden's class of 2008 had an average composite ACT score of 19.2, 1.3 points below the state average. 90.2% of the senior class graduated. West Leyden did not make Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, which with the ACT comprises the state assessments used to fulfill the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Overall, the school did not achieve AYP in reading or mathematics, while two of its three student subgroups failed to meet expectations in mathematics. Since 1981, West Leyden and East Leyden have had a combined athletics program. Prior to the schools unifying into a