Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61270

Zip code 61270 has four Morrison CUSD 6 schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Northside School (PK–2), Southside School (3–5), Morrison Junior High School (6–8), and Morrison High School (9–12). Enrollment ranges from 200 to 294 students. Northside has no test scores in the supplied results, and all-grades comparisons are not same-grade comparisons because the schools serve different grades. The clearest finding is a wide ELA divide: in 2025–2026, Morrison Junior High scored 69% and Southside 39%, a 30-point difference.

Morrison Junior High stands out for ELA: it was above the state in grades 6, 7, and 8 by 16, 10, and 3 points, respectively. Southside was below the state in ELA in grades 3, 4, and 5 by 13, 4, and 24 points, and its all-grades math result was 35%, 5 points below the state. Morrison High has a mixed profile: its grade 11 ACT results were above the state in ELA, math, and science by 12, 3, and 10 points, while its grade 10 results were below by 12, 7, and 17 points.

Recent results diverged: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Southside’s ELA fell 9 points and math fell 17, while Morrison Junior High’s ELA rose 24 points and math rose 3. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings put Morrison High at the 59th percentile with three stars, Morrison Junior High at the 57th percentile with three stars, and Southside at the 29th percentile with one star. Southside’s ranking fell from the 66th percentile in 2023–2024; the other schools’ rankings changed less over that period. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligibility ranged from 34% at Morrison High to 45% at Northside; Southside and Morrison Junior High were close at 38% and 37%. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.3 at Morrison High to 16.0 at Northside, figures that describe school context rather than explain achievement.