Morton High School (Texas)

{{Infobox school

|name = Morton High School

|image = Morton Texas Sign.JPG

|type = Public

|schooltype = high school

|district = Morton Independent School District

|grades = PK-12

|principal = John Albin

|assistant_principals =

|enrollment = 354 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4831470&ID=483147003523|title=MORTON SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 13, 2024}}

|ratio = 9.78

|staff = 36.20 (FTE)

|colors = {{color box|black}} {{color box|#CFB53B}} Black & Gold

|conference = UIL Class A

|mascot = Indian/Maiden

|newspaper = The Native Times

|streetaddress = 500 Champion Drive

|city = Morton

|state = Texas

|zipcode = 79346

|country = United States

|coordinates = {{coord|33.721482|-102.764216|type:edu|display=inline,title}}

|homepage = [http://www.mortonisd.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=11&Itemid=69 Morton High School]

}}

Morton High School is a public high school located in Morton, Texas United States. It is part of the Morton Independent School District, which is located in central Cochran County, and is classified as a 1A school by the UIL.

History

In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.{{cite web|url = https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/perfreport//account/2015/srch.html?srch=C|title = 2015 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency}}

For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.{{cite web |title=TEA |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=040901001&prgopt=reports%2Fsrc%2Fsrc.sas |publisher=Texas Education Agency |access-date=8 May 2024}}

Athletics

The Morton Indians compete in the following sports [http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Morton/ The Athletics Department]

=State Titles=

Boys Basketball [http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/basketball-boys.php UIL Boys Basketball Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306000000/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/basketball-boys.php |date=2012-03-06 }}
1972(2A), 1977(2A), 1983(2A), 1986(2A), 1987(2A), 2005(1A/D1)
Girls Basketball [http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/basketball-girls.php UIL Girls Basketball Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306145240/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/basketball-girls.php |date=2012-03-06 }}
1987(2A)

Boys Year	Class	Winner Score	Runner Up Score
class="wikitable"
1972	2A	Morton 62	Whitehouse 59
1976	2A	Mart 57	Morton 52
1977	2A	Morton 63	Kountze 60
1983	2A	Morton 91	Bartlett 69
1985	2A	Grapeland 63	Morton 56
1986	2A	Morton 73	Dripping Springs 59
1987	2A	Morton 84	Liberty Hill 72
2004	1A	Normangee 53	Morton 51 OT
2005	1A	Morton 66	Snook 38
Tx Cup	Class	Winner Score	Runner Up Score
2005	1A	Morton 69	Lipan 53
Girls Year	Class	Winner Score	Runner Up Score
1952	1A	Hamilton 27	Morton 19
1987	2A	Morton 68	Paris 53

In 1987, both the boys and girls won state championships in basketball !!!

Notable alumni

Christopher Hester, Class of 1991, President and Founder of Kinnser Software. Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner, 2016.

References

External links

[http://www.mortonisd.net/ Morton ISD]

Category:Public high schools in Texas

Category:Schools in Cochran County, Texas