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Schools in Morton Township

Morton Township’s public schools

Morton Community Unit School District 709 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Morton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?6/6schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2020–21
Math proficiency
48%
2020–21
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.7
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
8
3,247 students on the public path
In brief

Morton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

6 of Morton Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Grundy Elem School places highest (better than 95%); Jefferson Elem School lowest (83%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Morton Township, graded from A− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Morton High School. See the path ↓

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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Morton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–64 schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A+
7–8Morton Jr High SchoolMorton Community Unit School District 709A+
9–12Morton High SchoolMorton Community Unit School District 709A

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Morton Community Unit School District 709.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Morton Community Unit School District 709Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,247 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 15.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,231IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 29.9% · 1565 students tested
Math48%
State average 25.8% · 1611 students tested

Morton Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Morton Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Morton Township—Morton Community Unit School District 709
GrovelandBMorton Community Unit School District 709 PK–12 · Pekin Public School District108 PK–8 · East Peoria School District 86 PK–8
TremontA−Tremont Community Unit School District 702 PK–12 · Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 PK–12
WashingtonAWashington School District 52 PK–8 · Central School District 51 PK–8 · Washington Community High School District 308 9–12
Deer CreekB+Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701
Morton (village)AMorton Community Unit School District 709 PK–12 · East Peoria Community High School District 309 9–12

2 of the 5 neighbors share Morton Community Unit School District 709 with Morton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Morton Township

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).

District schools in Morton Townshipby address
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Morton
A+
517 students17:1Rate it →
Grundy Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Morton
A+
465 students19:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Morton
A−
354 students16:1Rate it →
Lettie Brown Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Morton
A
346 students17:1Rate it →
Morton Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Morton
A+
504 students13:1Rate it →
Morton High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Morton
A
1,061 students15:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Bethel Lutheran School
Grades PK–12 · Morton
Private · Religious
360 students26:1Rate it →
Blessed Sacrament School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Morton
Private · Catholic
197 students10:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Morton Academy).

Questions about Morton Township’s schools

Are Morton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Morton Township. Morton Community Unit School District 709 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Morton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Morton Township in?

Morton Community Unit School District 709.

Where do Morton Township kids go to high school?

Morton High School.

Are there private schools in Morton Township?

Yes: Bethel Lutheran School (grades PK–12, 360 students) and Blessed Sacrament School (grades PK–8, 197 students).

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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). Stars are from neighbors.