East Leyden High School

East Leyden High School is a 9-12 campus of high-enrollment scale in Franklin Park, Illinois, run under Leyden CHSD 212, caters to 1,840 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 121% bigger than typical.

East Leyden High School is one of 2 schools operated by Leyden CHSD 212, a district that hosts 3,527 students overall.

Demographically, East Leyden High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 35% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at East Leyden High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Leyden High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), East Leyden High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Leyden High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Leyden High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Leyden High School has showed little movement, going from 1,823 students in 2018 to 1,840 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 53% to 59% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.