West Morris Regional High School District

West Morris Regional High School District
Address
10 South Four Bridges Road
Chester Township, New Jersey
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07930
United States
Coordinates40°48′31″N 74°43′49″W / 40.80851°N 74.730149°W / 40.80851; -74.730149
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentBarbara Sargent
Business administratorL. Douglas Pechanec
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment2,240 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty189.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.wmrhsd.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 9-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,50013$21,8667.5%
1Budgetary Cost17,6561616,5996.4%
2Classroom Instruction9,775179,7240.5%
6Support Services2,953282,7019.3%
8Administrative Cost1,841241,7743.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,85181,985−6.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1,21333331266.5%
16Median Teacher Salary77,8902372,376
Data from NJDoE 2019 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

The West Morris Regional High School District is a limited purpose regional public high school district in New Jersey that serves students from the surrounding Morris County communities of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township.[3][4] Elementary school students of the constituent municipalities attend separate K-8 school districts maintained by four of the five municipalities; Chester Borough and Chester Township schools are consolidated under the Chester School District and the remaining three municipalities each have their own districts (Mendham Borough Schools, Mendham Township Public Schools and Washington Township Schools).[4]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 2,240 students and 189.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]

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.[5]

Both schools in the district are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History[6] and the International Baccalaureate program.[7][8] In August 2015, West Morris Central (ranked 151st) and Mendham (18th) were ranked among "America's Top High Schools 2015" by Newsweek magazine.[9]

West Morris Mendham High School was ranked as the seventh-most challenging public, non-magnet, non-charter high school in 2017 by The Washington Post and the most challenging such school in New Jersey.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for West Morris Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ About the Board, West Morris Regional High School District. Accessed August 17, 2020. "The West Morris Regional High School District (WMRHSD) Board of Education is comprised of nine members who represent five municipalities in western Morris County; Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township, and Washington Township. Because Chester Borough and Chester Township have joined to form a consolidated K-8 school district, there are a total of four separate K-8 districts that send students to the WMRHSD."
  4. ^ a b West Morris Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The regional district serves the students of five Morris County communities: Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  6. ^ Affiliate Schools by State -- New Jersey, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Accessed September 5, 2023.
  7. ^ Find an IB World School in New Jersey, International Baccalaureate. Accessed September 5, 2023.
  8. ^ About, West Morris Regional High School District. Accessed October 11, 2015.
  9. ^ Staff. "America's Top High Schools 2015", Newsweek. Accessed October 11, 2015.
  10. ^ Seymour, Kara. "These Are The 'Most Challenging' High Schools In NJ, According To The Washington Post; The Washington Post has released its 2017 list of the Most Challenging High Schools in the U.S. Here are the top 25 from New Jersey.", Westfield, NJ, Patch, May 12, 2017. Accessed August 18, 2020.