Lyons Township High School

Lyons Township High School
Lyons Township High School North Campus
Address
Map
100 South Brainard Avenue

,
60525

United States
Coordinates41°48′44″N 87°52′49″W / 41.812155°N 87.88028°W / 41.812155; -87.88028 (North campus)
41°48′04″N 87°53′28″W / 41.801247°N 87.89101°W / 41.801247; -87.89101 (South campus)
Information
Other nameLyons Township
LTHS
LT
School typeCoed Public
MottoVita Plena
(The quest for the fulfilling life)
Opened1888
School districtLyons Township High School District 204
SuperintendentBrian Waterman
PrincipalJennifer Tyrrell
Staff256.23 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–10 (South)
11–12 (North)
Enrollment3,842 (2022–2023)[1]
Average class size18.8
Student to teacher ratio14.99[1]
CampusSuburban
Campus size106 acres over two campuses
Colour(s)  royal blue
  gold
Fight songGold & Blue, based on My Illinois
Athletics conferenceWest Suburban Conference
MascotNessie and Noil
NicknameLions
AccreditationNorth Central Association
NewspaperLion
YearbookTabulae
Nobel laureatesBen R. Mottelson
1975-physics
Websitewww.lths.net

Lyons Township High School (often referred to as LTHS or simply LT) is a public high school located in Western Springs, Illinois (South Campus), and also in La Grange, Illinois (North Campus).

Lyons Township is a co-educational high school and serves grades 9–12 for Lyons Township High School District 204. Students from the communities of La Grange, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, La Grange Park, Countryside, Indian Head Park, Hodgkins, and parts of Brookfield, Willow Springs, and McCook attend Lyons Township. Lyons Township High School is the 8th-largest public high school in Illinois[2] and the 45th-largest public high school in the United States.[3] Freshmen and Sophomores attend class at South campus, located at 4900 S. Willow Springs Rd. in Western Springs, while Juniors and Seniors attend class at North campus, located at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange, which also houses the district offices. Sports facilities at Lyons Township include swimming pools, field houses, theatres, a turf football field (south campus), soccer fields, baseball fields, a gym, outdoor tracks, basketball courts, and volleyball courts. The two campuses are about a mile apart. Activity buses run after school between the campuses, along with buses that run at the end of 1st period and beginning of 8th period to commute Freshman & Sophomores from North Campus to South Campus and to commute Juniors & Seniors from South Campus to North Campus.

  1. ^ a b c "Lyons Twp High Sch". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "2017 Largest Public High Schools in Illinois". Niche. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Largest High Schools in America". highschoolguide.org. Retrieved 2024-04-30.