Schools · Leyden
Leyden, IL schools
Leyden’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 23% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 88% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 8, then Mannheim Middle School or Enger School and East Leyden High School or West Leyden High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Leyden’s School Grade: C
The public schools Leyden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresC+Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 30%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,450)Better than 21%
Towns in Cook County (28)Better than 25%
High confidence. Built on 1,539 tested students and a graduating class of 834; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Leyden kids go to school
Grades 8
C+Mannheim Middle School or Enger School
Depends on your address Mannheim School District 83Grades 9–12
B-East Leyden High School or CWest Leyden High School
Depends on your address Leyden Community High School District 212Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Leyden Community High School District 212)20%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Mannheim School District 83)23%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Leyden Community High School District 212)15%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Mannheim School District 83)11%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
834
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #391 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Leyden
Leyden Community High School District 212Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 3,527 students
$27,779 per studentIL $21,567C+Mannheim School District 83Grades PK–8 · 6 schools · 2,338 students
$26,191 per studentIL $21,567CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 28 schools in Leyden
Showing 1–28 of 28 schools
River Grove Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 722 students
B-PublicJohn Mills Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 711 students
C+PublicJohn F Kennedy Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–3 · 603 students
B-PublicElmwood Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 567 students
C+PublicRoy Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 545 students
C+PublicRhodes Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 499 students
C+PublicWestdale Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 483 students
C+PublicPennoyer Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 419 students
B+PublicPassow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 387 students
B+PublicScott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 385 students
C+PublicWhittier Primary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 368 students
PublicWashington Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 4–5 · 267 students
B-PublicDan H Pietrini Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 242 students
B-PublicRosemont Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 221 students
B+PublicNorth Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 199 students
B+PublicEnger SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8
PublicMannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 768 students
C+PublicElm Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 615 students
B-PublicLincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 474 students
B-PublicHester Jr High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 426 students
B+PublicEast Leyden High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,840 students
B-PublicWest Leyden High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,687 students
CPublicElmwood Park High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,015 students
BPublicDes Plaines Valley RegionHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicMannheim Early Childhood CtrPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 157 students
PublicPhoenix AcademyGrades M
PublicMARY, SEAT OF WISDOM SCHOOL
PrivateST JOHN VIANNEY SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.