J Sterling Morton West High Sch
Berwyn, IL · High School · Grades 9-12
J Sterling Morton West High Sch is a high school in Berwyn, IL with 3,533 students enrolled and a 31% proficiency rate. Part of J S Morton HSD 201. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
J Sterling Morton West High Sch is a high school located in Berwyn, Illinois. The school serves 3,533 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 31% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 76% graduation rate.
79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
J Sterling Morton West High Sch is part of the J S Morton HSD 201 in Illinois. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
J Sterling Morton West High Sch has 3,533 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in J S Morton HSD 201 (2,711 students). Its 31% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 34%. Compared to the Illinois state average of 48%, the school performs 17 points lower.
Frequently Asked Questions
J Sterling Morton West High Sch has 3,533 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 31% of students at J Sterling Morton West High Sch meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
J Sterling Morton West High Sch has a 76% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
J Sterling Morton West High Sch is part of the J S Morton HSD 201 in Berwyn, Illinois. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.