Morris Hills Regional High School District

Morris Hills Regional High School District
48 Knoll Drive Rockaway, NJ 07866
District information
Grades	9-12
Superintendent	James Jencarelli
Business administrator	Joanne Gilman
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,783 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty	227.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	11.24:1
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	http://www.mhrd.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) 9-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $24,437 41 $18,891 29.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,796 32 15,592 7.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,633 34 8,807 9.4% 6 Support Services 2,575 31 2,294 12.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,863 39 1,592 17.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,763 15 1,954 -9.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 983 33 873 12.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 78,250 38 71,726 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

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).^[3]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,783 students and 247.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.24:1.^[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.^[4]

Awards and recognition

For the 1996-97 school year, both Morris Hills High School^[5] and Morris Knolls High School^[6] 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 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8]

• Morris Hills High School^[9](1,139, 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).^[10] 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.^[11]
  • Joe Cacciaguida - Principal^[10]
  • Tara Casola - Assistant Principal^[10]
  • Robert M. Merle, Jr. - Assistant Principal^[10]
  • Todd Toriello - Assistant Principal^[10]
• Morris Knolls High School^[12] (1,644, located in Denville) serves all students from Denville, as well as those from Rockaway Township (most of the township, with the exception of White Meadow Lake and other areas in the southern part of the township).^[10]
  • Bill Cleffi - Principal^[10]
  • James P. Devlin - Assistant Principal^[10]
  • Erin Morgan - Assistant Principal^[10]
  • William H. Schilling - Assistant Principal^[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10][13][14]

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

References

1. District information for Morris Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2015.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Links to Sending District Schools, Morris Hills Regional District. Accessed June 3, 2013.
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 2, 2015.
5. Star School Award recipient detail 1996-97 school year, Morris Hills High School, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 18, 2006. Accessed June 3, 2013.
6. Star School Award recipient detail 1996-97 school year, Morris Knolls High School, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 18, 2006. Accessed June 3, 2013.
7. School data for the Morris Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 3, 2013.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Morris Hills Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 2, 2015.
9. Morris Hills High School, Morris Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 2, 2015.
10. Program of Studies 2013-2014 - About Our School District, Morris Hills Regional District. Accessed June 3, 2013.
11. Home page, Morris Hils High School. Accessed June 3, 2013. "Morris Hills is home to the Academy of Mathematics, Science and Engineering, a partnership with Morris County School of Technology."
12. Morris Knolls High School, Morris Hills Regional High School District. Accessed March 2, 2015.
13. Central Office Administration, Morris Hills Regional District. Accessed March 2, 2015.
14. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 2, 2015.

External links

• Official site of Morris Hills Regional High School District
• Morris Hills Regional High School District's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Morris Hills Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°53′09″N 74°30′28″W / 40.88587°N 74.507808°W