Watchung Hills Regional High School
| Watchung Hills Regional High School District | |
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| 108 Stirling Road Warren, NJ 07059 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Superintendent | Elizabeth C. Jewett |
| Business administrator | Timothy Stys |
| Schools | 1 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 2,205 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 170.7 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 12.9:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | I |
| Website | http://www.whrhs.org |
| Watchung Hills Regional High School | |
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 Watchung Hills Regional High School
Watchung Hills Regional High School
Watchung Hills Regional High School
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1957 |
| Principal | George P. Alexis |
| Vice principals | Terrence P. MacConnell Steven Searfoss Nicholas Serritella Patricia Toubin |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus | 85 acres (340,000 m2) |
| Color(s) |
Brown and Gold |
| Athletics | 29 varsity sports |
| Athletics conference | Skyland Conference |
| Team name | Warriors |
Watchung Hills Regional High School is a regional comprehensive public high school and school district serving students in portions of Somerset and Morris Counties in New Jersey, United States. Students from Warren Township and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, and Green Brook in Somerset County and Long Hill Township in Morris County attend the school. The high school is located in Warren Township, next to Woodland School.
U.S. News & World Report ranked the school 37th in 2016 out of 342 schools in New Jersey with the best teachers, with 46% of students participating in Advanced Placement exams.
Watchung Hills offers an adult school that operates at night in the facilities. The school colors were brown and yellow, but at about the turn of the millennium, gold took the place of yellow. Through recent years, the brown color has been phased out for black on many pieces of merchandise and signage.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,205 students and 170.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 39 students (1.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 11 (0.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.
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