Morton Junior-Senior High

As a rural-scale senior high in MORTON, Washington, Morton Junior-Senior High instructs 205 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Morton School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Morton Junior-Senior High sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Morton School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 399 students. Morton Junior-Senior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Morton Junior-Senior High lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Morton Junior-Senior High logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Morton Junior-Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Morton Junior-Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Morton Junior-Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Across the wider county, Lewis County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,796, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morton Junior-Senior High is one of 45 public schools in Lewis County (combined enrollment of about 12,548 students).

Morton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Morton Junior-Senior High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morton Junior-Senior High has increased 36%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 11% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.