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Grades
  
9-12

Business administrator
  
Joanne Gilman

Student-teacher ratio
  
10.9:1

Number of students
  
2,785

Faculty
  
254.9

Superintendent
  
James Jencarelli

Enrollment
  
2,785 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Schools
  
2

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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).

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Map of Morris Hills Regional High School District, NJ, USA

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.

Awards and recognition

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

  • Morris Hills High School(1,202, located in Rockaway Borough) serves all students from Wharton, along with those from Rockaway Borough and Rockaway Township (the White Meadow Lake section and other southern portions of the township). The The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, a magnet high school program that is part of the Morris County Vocational School District is jointly operated on the Morris Hills campus.
  • Todd Toriello - Principal
  • Eugene Melvin - Assistant Principal
  • Robert M. Merle Jr. - Assistant Principal
  • Morris Knolls High School (1,583, located in Denville) serves all students from Denville, as well as those from parts of Rockaway Borough and portions of Rockaway Township (most of the township, with the exception of White Meadow Lake and other areas in the southern part of the township).
  • Ryan MacNaughton, Principal
  • Keith Bigora, Assistant Principal - Attendance
  • Joseph Cirigliano, Assistant Principal - Student Discipline & Facilities
  • Daniel Haug, Assistant Principal - Student Discipline & Activities
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • James Jencarelli, Superintendent
  • Joanne Gilman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Morris Hills Regional High School District Wikipedia