Type Public CEEB code 143-010 Grades 9-12 Phone +1 309-266-7182 Number of students 970 | Established 1904 Principal Marjorie Johnson Enrollment 970 Founded 1904 Faculty 70 (approximate) | |
Address 350 N Illinois Ave, Morton, IL 61550, USA District Morton Community Unit School District 709 Profiles | ||
Morton High School is the four year public high school of Morton Community Unit School District 709 in Morton, Illinois. As of August 2008, the school had 970 students.
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Academics
As of 2006, the average class size was 220 students and the graduation rate was 96.4%. Among MHS graduating seniors in the class of 2008, the average ACT score was 23.3.
The faculty includes nearly 70 teachers, the majority of whom have attained master's degrees.
Band
The Morton High School marching band has become very well known regionally in recent years. The marching band website reports they have done well, both in local competitions and in national competitions sponsored by the Bands of America association. The high school band was also invited to play at the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, becoming the first band in central Illinois history do so. The high school also hosts a band invitational that ran for the ninth year in September, 2014. The band competes at the State of Illinois Invitational Marching Band Championship, where it has won Class 2A twelve years in a row. In 2010, the band placed 3rd in Class AA at the Bands of America Grand National Championships and advanced to national semifinals for the first time. In 2012, the band received the honor of being class 2A champions in the St. Louis Super Regional, and performed during halftime of a St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers game on October 21.
The band has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including:
Math Team
The Morton High School Math Team won the 2012 State Math Championship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign over the incumbent University of Chicago Lab School.
Campus
The building housing Morton High School was built in three stages between 1954 and 1976. Additionally, a 450-seat arts theater, the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center, was built in 1997.
Girls' Basketball
The Morton High School Lady Potters have won IHSA Class 2A State Championships in three consecutive years: 2015, 2016 and 2017