Morton Elementary School

Morton Elementary School sits in Hammond, Indiana, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 525 students in pre-K through 6. It has 20% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).

Morton Elementary School is one of 15 schools in School City of Hammond, which enrolls 10,997 students in total.

Federal enrollment data show Morton Elementary School is 51% Hispanic. Next come 36% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.

A staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.7:1. That is in line with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. By family income, 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.

In Lake County, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Lake County has 121 public schools with about 74,661 students, including Morton Elementary School.

Morton Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Excel Center - Hammond, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

NCES assigns Morton Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2017-18, Morton Elementary School enrolled 530; in 2023-24, 525. Among racial and ethnic groups, the biggest change was Black students, from 26% to 36%.

The allk12 page for Morton Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.