Parsippany Hills High School
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 Parsippany Hills High School
Parsippany Hills High School
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20 Rita Drive Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ 07950 |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′41″N 74°27′22″W / 40.86139°N 74.45611°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Knowledge is power |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Parsippany-Troy Hills School District |
| Principal | Michael DiSanto |
| Asst. principals | Richard Fonti Christian Keegan Carly Stout |
| Faculty | 95.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,058 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.1:1 |
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Black Columbia Blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Rivals |
Parsippany High School Sparta High School (New Jersey) |
| Publication | Runes |
| Yearbook | Aegis |
| Website | School website |
Parsippany Hills High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade as one of the two secondary schools of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. Built in 1969, the school serves students who live in the western half of Parsippany. Its companion school in the district is Parsippany High School.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,058 students and 95.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. There were 122 students (11.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 34 (3.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 58th-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 23rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 50th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 87th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was also ranked 87th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. PHHS was ranked #7 out of 98 schools in the 2010 "FG" District Factor Group (socioeconomic measure). Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 151st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 30 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.6%) and language arts literacy (93.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
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