J Sterling Morton East High Sch

As a well-populated high school in Cicero, Illinois, J Sterling Morton East High Sch hosts 3,394 students from grades 10 through 12, operated by J S Morton HSD 201. That puts it 307% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

J S Morton HSD 201 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 7,709 students; J Sterling Morton East High Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J Sterling Morton East High Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, J Sterling Morton East High Sch records 185 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting J Sterling Morton East High Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, J Sterling Morton East High Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which J Sterling Morton East High Sch is one.

Goodwin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J Sterling Morton East High Sch. On composite proficiency, J Sterling Morton East High Sch comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

J Sterling Morton East High Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 3,485 students in 2018 compared to 3,394 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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