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, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 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% |