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Morton Senior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6915 Grand Ave

Hammond IN, 46323, Lake County

Phone: 219-989-7316

Ranking:

(331 out of 351, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Hammond School City

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	77		69		67		63		58		58		60
Total Students:	1,226		1,184		1,162		1,198		1,164		1,174		1,188
Grade 9:	317	25.9%	287	24.2%	294	25.3%	311	26.0%	409	35.1%	297	25.3%	306	25.8%
Grade 10:	282	23.0%	324	27.4%	310	26.7%	286	23.9%	185	15.9%	308	26.2%	308	25.9%
Grade 11:	346	28.2%	322	27.2%	279	24.0%	374	31.2%	363	31.2%	312	26.6%	370	31.1%
Grade 12:	281	22.9%	251	21.2%	279	24.0%	227	18.9%	207	17.8%	257	21.9%	204	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	629	51.3%	578	48.8%	585	50.3%	638	53.3%	598	51.4%	608	51.8%	607	51.1%
Female:	597	48.7%	606	51.2%	577	49.7%	560	46.7%	511	43.9%	506	43.1%	535	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.3%	7	0.6%	10	0.9%	18	1.5%	2	0.2%	6	0.5%	4	0.3%
Asian:	4	0.3%	6	0.5%	7	0.6%	6	0.5%	8	0.7%	5	0.4%	4	0.3%
Hispanic:	464	37.8%	442	37.3%	424	36.5%	404	33.7%	370	31.8%	366	31.2%	384	32.3%
Black:	381	31.1%	346	29.2%	340	29.3%	342	28.5%	308	26.5%	269	22.9%	257	21.6%
White:	326	26.6%	344	29.1%	353	30.4%	394	32.9%	429	36.9%	476	40.5%	497	41.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	46	3.8%	38	3.2%	27	2.3%	34	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	764	62.3%	697	58.9%	640	55.1%	598	49.9%	524	45.0%	450	38.3%	439	37.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	94	7.7%	103	8.7%	133	11.4%	105	8.8%	162	13.9%	156	13.3%	161	13.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.84		17.05		17.27		19.02		19.91		20.40		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ECA
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	49%	49%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46.6%	49.5%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	44.8%	51.8%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	18%	16%	N/A
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	23.4%	22.3%	N/A
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	22.5%	26.4%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	39%	39%	N/A
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	49.4%	47.2%	N/A
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	63.0%	57.7%	N/A
ISTEP+
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	57%	50%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	46%	44%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	53%	44%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	46%	42%	N/A
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	47%	46%	N/A
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	40%	36%	N/A
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	36%	38%	N/A
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	51%	39%	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	42%	38%	N/A
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46%	39%	N/A
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	46%	47%	N/A
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	57%	51%	N/A
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	50%	48%	N/A
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	51%	46%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	47%	40%	N/A
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	56%	45%	N/A
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	49%	40%	N/A
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	53%	43%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Morton Senior High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.