J. Sterling Morton High School East

This article is about the multi-campus school in suburban Chicago. For the high school in Central Illinois, see Morton High School (Morton, Illinois).

J. Sterling Morton High School East
Address
Map
2423 S. Austin Blvd.

Cicero
,
Illinois
60804

United States
Coordinates41°50′46″N 87°46′19″W / 41.846°N 87.772°W / 41.846; -87.772
Information
School typepublic secondary
Opened1894
StatusOpen
School districtJ. Sterling Morton HS Dist. 201
SuperintendentTim Truesdale[1]
PrincipalJose Gamboa[2]
Faculty183[3]
Grades10–12
Gendercoed
Enrollment3,580[4]
Average class size23.0[4]
Campussuburban
Color(s)Maroon and white[5]
Athletics conferenceWest Suburban Conference
MascotMustangs
NicknameMustangs[5]
Websitewww.morton201.org/Domain/8

J. Sterling Morton High School East (often called Morton East; formerly Morton High School) is a public secondary school located in Cicero, Illinois. Morton East is one of three schools in J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. Morton East is a sophomore through senior building, with future students attending the J. Sterling Morton Freshman Center for one year. Morton East's sister school, J. Sterling Morton High School West is a four-year secondary school.

From 1920 to 1959, the school operated as Morton High School, changing its name when Morton West opened.

The district and its schools are named after Julius Sterling Morton because he was friends with Cicero resident and fur trader Portus Baxter Weare.[6]

In the high school district students living east of Ridgeland Avenue are zoned to Morton East;[7] areas east of Ridgeland Avenue include Cicero and a small portion of Berwyn. There are small sections of Stickney and Forest View,[8] but no Stickney residents live in that section.[9]

  1. ^ "District 201 Administration". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ "MORTON EAST ADMINISTRATORS". Morton East High School. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Staff e-mail directory; search for "east" staff; retrieved 26 July 2009
  4. ^ a b c 2011 Illinois School Report Card; retrieved 19 May 2012
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IHSA info summary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Kay, Betty Carlson. Cicero: The First Suburb West (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0738507865, 9780738507866. p. 45.
  7. ^ "1950s." J. Sterling Morton High School East. Retrieved on 20 December 2016.
  8. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Cook County, Illinois Page 4." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 20 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Polling Locations for March 2012." Stickney Township. Retrieved on 20 December 2016.