Dwight Morrow High School
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274 Knickerbocker Road Englewood, NJ 07631 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | January 1933 |
| School district | Englewood Public School District |
| Principal | Peter Elbert Dr. Joseph Bell (E.A.G.L.E.) |
| Asst. principals | Joseph Armental Laura Satterfield-Mathieu |
| Faculty | 98.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,091 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.1:1 |
| Campus | Suburban |
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Maroon and White |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Team name | Maroon Raiders |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Engle Magazine |
| Yearbook | Engle Log |
| Website | School website |
Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Englewood Public School District. The school also serves students from Englewood Cliffs, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The school has been accredited since 1928 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,091 students and 98.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. There were 325 students (29.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 72 (6.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Located on a 37-acre (15 ha) park-like campus and constructed at a cost of $750,000 from a design by architect Lawrence C. Licht, the school was opened to students in January 1933 with a capacity of 1,200 students, helping to ease overcrowding at the existing high school and junior high facilities.
The school is named after Dwight Morrow, a businessman, politician, and diplomat who lived in the city; Morrow was also the father-in-law of aviator Charles Lindbergh. The school shares its campus with the Academies@Englewood and Janis E. Dismus Middle School. Dwight Morrow and the Academies at Englewood are located east of Miller's Pond and share the same administration. Janis E. Dismus Middle School, formerly Englewood Middle School, is located south of Miller's Pond and operates independently.
During the 1980s, changes in local demographics drastically altered the school's ethnic body resulting in an African American majority. The nearby district of Englewood Cliffs attempted to end its sending receiving relationship with Englewood due to the poor performance of the school. This led to a bitter court battle between Englewood and Englewood Cliffs beginning in 1985, a move characterized by Englewood as racist. By 1992, the school was 97% African American and Hispanic. "There were more violent incidents reported at DMHS (Dwight Morrow High School) than any other school in Bergen County in the 1991–92 school year, and test scores remained painfully low." Court battles continued, in an attempt to desegregate the high school.
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