Morris Hills High School | |
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Address | |
520 West Main Street Rockaway, NJ 07866 |
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Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | Changing the world, one student at a time |
Established | 1953 |
Principal | Todd Toriello |
Asst. principals | Emily Barkocy Eugene Melvin Robert Merle Jr. |
Faculty | 108.0 FTEs |
Enrollment | 1,202 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.1:1 |
Campus | 39 acres (160,000 m2) |
Color(s) |
Scarlet and white |
Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
Team name | Scarlet Knights |
Newspaper | Hilltopper |
Yearbook | Torch |
Website | http://www.mhrd.k12.nj.us/mhhs |
Morris Hills High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school located in the borough of Rockaway, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of the two secondary schools of the Morris Hills Regional High School District. The school is located on the 39-acre (160,000 m2) former Gunther Estate and opened to students on September 9, 1953. The high school serves students from Wharton, Rockaway Borough and parts of Rockaway Township. Students come to Morris Hills from Copeland Middle School, Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, as well as local private schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,202 students and 108.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. There were 220 students (18.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 60 (5.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The campus of Morris Hills houses The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering a science-oriented magnet school operated as a joint effort with the Morris County Vocational School District and open by competitive application to all students from Morris County.
The other high school in the district is Morris Knolls High School, which serves students from Denville and portions of Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township. As of the 2014-15 school year, Morris Knolls had an enrollment of 1,583 students and 142.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.