Morton Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary campus in Hammond, Indiana, Morton Elementary School educates 525 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within School City of Hammond. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Morton Elementary School sits 20% above that benchmark.

School City of Hammond runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,997 students. Morton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Morton Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Morton Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Lake County's rate of about 47%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Morton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Excel Center - Hammond is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Morton Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 530 students in 2018 to 525 in 2024. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 36% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.