Parsippany High School
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| 309 Baldwin Road Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ 07054 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1957 |
| School district | Parsippany-Troy Hills School District |
| Principal | Dr. Denis Mulroony |
| Asst. principals | Keith Bush Lisa Garofalo Thomas Rizk |
| Faculty | 86.5 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 936 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.8:1 |
| Color(s) | Red and Gray |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Redhawks (2000-present) Redskins (1957-2000) |
| Publication | The Drumbeat |
| Website | School website |
Parsippany High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades who live in the eastern half of Parsippany-Troy Hills. Its companion school in the district is Parsippany Hills High School, which serves the western portion of the township.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 936 students and 86.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 151 students (16.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 55 (5.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 105th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 86th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 84th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 104th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 84th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The Parsippany High School Red Hawks participate in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 709 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which was made up of public and private high schools in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.
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