Morris Hills Regional High School District | |
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48 Knoll Drive Rockaway, NJ 07866 |
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District information | |
Grades | 9-12 |
Superintendent | James Jencarelli |
Business administrator | Joanne Gilman |
Schools | 2 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 2,785 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 254.9 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 10.9:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | GH |
Website | http://www.mhrd.k12.nj.us |
The Morris Hills Regional District is a comprehensive regional public school district that consists of two four-year public high schools serving four suburban communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves the residential communities of Denville Township (Denville Township School District), Rockaway Borough (Rockaway Borough Public Schools), Rockaway Township (Rockaway Township Public Schools) and Wharton (Wharton Borough School District).
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,785 students and 254.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
For the 1996-97 school year, both Morris Hills High School and Morris Knolls High School were named as "Star Schools" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.