Manchester Regional High School District | |||||
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Superintendent: | Dr. Richard Ney | ||||
Business Administrator: | Jeanette Makus (interim) | ||||
Address: | 70 Church Street Haledon, NJ 07508 |
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Grade Range: | 7-12/9-12 | ||||
School facilities: | 1 | ||||
Enrollment: | 792 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
Faculty (in FTEs): | 65 | ||||
Student–teacher ratio: | 12.18 | ||||
District Factor Group: | B | ||||
Web site: | http://www.mrhs.net | ||||
Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
7-12/9-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
1 | Comparative Cost | $13,052 | 14 | $13,710 | -4.8% |
2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,272 | 15 | 7,588 | -4.2% |
6 | Support Services | 1,625 | 9 | 1,987 | -18.2% |
8 | Administrative Cost | 2,301 | 47 | 1,475 | 56.0% |
10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,189 | 3 | 1,816 | -34.5% |
13 | Extracurricular Activities | 665 | 18 | 749 | -11.2% |
16 | Median Teacher Salary | 58,490 | 21 | 62,000 | |
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of 7-12/9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47 |
Manchester Regional High School | |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1960 |
Principal | Timothy Smithhart |
Grades | 9–12 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red, Black, and White |
Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
Mascot | Falcons |
Newspaper | 'The Falcon Flyer' |
Manchester Regional High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school and regional school district serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students from Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park.[3]
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved in July 2003 to participate in the program.[4] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[5]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's one schools had an enrollment of 792 students and 65 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.18.[1]
The school was awarded a Bronze Medal in U.S. News & World Report's 2009-2010 "Best American High Schools" issue, distinguishing it from the pack by being one of only two Passaic County, NJ, high schools mentioned.[6] Only 1,750 high schools out of 21,786 public high schools were recognized.[7][8]
The school was the 241st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 227th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[9] The school was ranked 218th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[10]
The school's mean SAT scores for 2009-10 school year were verbal 453, writing 435 and mathematics 439.[11] The New Jersey state average of SAT scores for the 2009-10 year were verbal 520, writing 496 and mathematics 499.[11]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B". 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.[12]
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The Manchester Regional Falcons compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[13] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Manchester was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).
MRHS was featured as the school in the independent film 12 and Holding.[14]
Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]
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