Niles East High School

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Niles East High School was known as Niles Township High School until Niles West High School opened in 1959. The school was located in Skokie, Illinois. The school mascot was known as the Trojans. In 1975 Niles Township High School District 219 announced that Niles East would be closed in 1980 and all students and faculty were moved to Niles West and Niles North. After Oakton Community College moved from their original Morton Grove campus to Des Plaines, Oakton opened a branch campus in the former Niles East building. District 219 administrative offices were temporarily located in the shuttered Niles East. Centre East for the Performing Arts was located in the former Niles East Auditorium until their current facility opened near Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard. Oakton Community College demolished the original high school buildings in stages as new buildings opened, with the East Wing built in 1955 being the final section demolished in 2005. The only remaining structures of Niles East as of 2007 are the courtyard flagpole and the basement under gymnasium that is now used for storage. Some scenes in the movie Risky Business and the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Weird Science were filmed during the 1980s at Niles East after it closed.

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