Morton Grove School Given Academic Improvement Award

Thomas Edison Elementary School in Morton Grove has been given high honors by the Illinois State Board of Education this week. The school has been named to the Academic Honor Roll and given the 2012 Academic Improvement Award. 

The school is among 81 Illinois schools receiving the award. The schools honored all showed significant academic improvement over the past several years. 

Melzer School and Hynes Elementary School also received accolades from the state. They were two of 454 schools given the Academic Achievement Award. The schools honored all sustained high academic performances over the past three years. 

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, schools who receive the Academic Excellence Award must have at least 90 percent of elementary and middle students meeting or exceeding state standards in reading and math for three straight years. At the high school level, at least 85 percent of the students must meet or exceed standards on the Prairie State Achievement Exam given in 2010-2012.