Morton Senior High School

Morton Senior High School is a high-enrollment high school in Indiana, with an address in Hammond. It reported 1,446 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 816 students for high schools in Indiana.

Morton Senior High School is among 15 schools run by School City of Hammond, which serves 10,997 students.

At Morton Senior High School, Black students make up the biggest share, 46%. Other students are 39% Hispanic, 8% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County residents are about 23% Black. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Morton Senior High School are from different groups.

Teacher count: 76.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.9:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. The figure for public schools in Lake County is close, at 47%.

In Lake County, home to about 500,379 people, median household income comes to about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake County's 121 public schools enroll about 74,661 students and include Morton Senior High School.

Morton Senior High School's nearest public school is Excel Center - Hammond (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

The NCES locale for Morton Senior High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 17%. By 2024-25, the school had 18.9 students per teacher, compared with 20.0 in 2020-21.

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