Summary:
ZIP code 60804 has one listed high school, J Sterling Morton East High School, serving grades 10–12 and enrolling 3,394 students. In 2025–2026, its graduation rate was close to the state rate, but attendance, dropout and test results were less favorable: chronic absenteeism was 34% versus 24% statewide, and dropout was 5% versus 2%. The central finding for families is that proficiency was below the state in all six reported subject-and-grade comparisons.
There is no meaningful top-versus-bottom school comparison because Morton East is the only school in the list. Its closest state comparison was grade 10 science, where proficiency was 27% versus 48%, a gap of 22 percentage points; its largest gap was grade 10 English Language Arts, at 29% versus 54%, or 25 points. Across all six comparisons, the school averaged 24% proficiency, compared with 46% statewide, an average gap of 22 points. Graduation was comparatively close to the state: 88% at the school versus 90% statewide, a 2-point difference. Chronic absenteeism was 34% versus 24%, a 10-point gap, while dropout was 5% versus 2%, a 3-point gap.
Test results showed modest overall movement toward the state, but not consistent gains. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the average school-to-state test gap narrowed by about 1 point; it narrowed in four of six comparisons and widened in two, including grade 10 English Language Arts and science. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 26th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 14th percentile in 2025–2026. The school reported a student–teacher ratio of 18.3 in 2024–2025 and 87% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures offer context, not an explanation for outcomes. Because this ZIP code has one listed school, the figures cannot show how Morton East compares with other local schools.
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