J Sterling Morton West High Sch
Berwyn · IL · J S Morton HSD 201 · Public
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J Sterling Morton East High Sch → Oak Park & River Forest High Sch → Lyons Twp High Sch → Curie Metropolitan High School → Riverside Brookfield Twp HS → Proviso West High School → Argo Community High School → Proviso East High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 48 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 38 calculus classes · 6 physics · 61 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 0.2% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How J Sterling Morton West High Sch compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 48 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: J Sterling Morton East High Sch, Oak Park & River Forest High Sch, Lyons Twp High Sch and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 0.2% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,355/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,374 students:
≈ 350 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $20,780 per student in district revenue, the 350 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $7,273,000/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Sterling Morton East High Sch Cicero |
Public | 1.4 | 3,394 | +1.0% |
| Oak Park & River Forest High Sch Oak Park |
Public | 3.1 | 3,307 | -2.2% |
| Lyons Twp High Sch La Grange |
Public | 4.8 | 3,706 | -6.6% |
| Curie Metropolitan High School Chicago |
Public | 5.0 | 3,099 | -3.7% |
| Riverside Brookfield Twp HS Riverside |
Public | 2.0 | 1,663 | +0.6% |
| Proviso West High School Hillside |
Public | 5.4 | 1,870 | -6.8% |
| Argo Community High School Summit |
Public | 4.8 | 1,817 | -6.5% |
| Proviso East High School Maywood |
Public | 2.9 | 1,663 | -9.4% |