Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Lyons’s public schools score below 86% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation
Math proficiency in Lyons’s districts is 8%, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Lyons, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Lyons’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 1498 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Lyons’s, its schools beat 8%, lower than their 14% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 15% of tested students were proficient in reading and 8% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
79% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Lyons School District 103 spends $20,396 per student and J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 $19,103, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Lyons’s grade
D: better than 14% of Illinois school districts, #702 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Lyons, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Lyons · depends on your address
J Sterling Morton West High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,374 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Berwyn
J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr
Grades 9 · 941 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Cicero
10th grade in Lyons · depends on your address
J Sterling Morton East High Sch
Grades 10–12 · 3,394 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Cicero
J Sterling Morton West High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,374 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Berwyn
Lyons runs its own schools through grade 8 (Lyons School District 103). From grade 9, students attend the J. Sterling Morton High School District 201, shared with Berwyn, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest View, McCook, Stickney and Stickney. Its elementary school is in Brookfield. Parts of Lyons (11%, 11%, 4% and 4% of its land) are served by Argo Community High School District 217, Summit School District 104, Riverside School District 96 and Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Lyons
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Lyons vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Lyons’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Lyons | D | Lyons School District 103 PK–8 · J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 9–12 |
| McCook | — | Lyons School District 103 PK–8 · LaGrange School District 105 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Riverside | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Lyons Township | A− | Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| Brookfield | A | Riverside School District 96 PK–8 · Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 K–8 · Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 9–12 |
| Summit | C− | Summit School District 104 PK–8 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| Stickney | C− | Burbank School District 111 PK–8 · Central Stickney School District 110 PK–8 · Reavis Township High School District 220 9–12 |
| Forest View | — | Central Stickney School District 110 PK–8 · Summit School District 104 PK–8 · Lyons School District 103 PK–8 |
3 of the 7 neighbors share J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 with Lyons for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Lyons
8 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Lyons’s schools
Are Lyons’s schools good?
On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Lyons children attend score below 86% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade, #702 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 8%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Lyons in?
Two districts: Lyons School District 103 runs grades PK–8, and J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 runs grades 9–12, shared with Berwyn, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest View, McCook, Stickney and Stickney.
Where do Lyons kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: J Sterling Morton East High Sch and J Sterling Morton West High Sch.
What is Lyons’s graduation rate?
79% of the class of 2023 in J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Lyons spend per student?
$20,396 in Lyons School District 103 and $19,103 in J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Lyons families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.