| West Morris Regional High School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Anthony diBattista | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Douglas Pechanec | ||||
| Address: | 10 South Four Bridges Road Chester, NJ 07930 |
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| Grade Range: | 7-12/9-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 2 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,619 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 210.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.5 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.wmchs.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
7-12/9-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $14,224 | 26 | $13,710 | 3.7% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,984 | 27 | 7,588 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,230 | 30 | 1,987 | 12.2% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,648 | 33 | 1,475 | 11.7% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,423 | 4 | 1,816 | -21.6% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 65,865 | 34 | 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 |
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The West Morris Regional High School District is a regional public high school district in New Jersey that serves students from the surrounding Morris County communities of Chester Borough (60 students), Chester Township (494 students), Mendham Borough (252 students), Mendham Township (330 students) and from Washington Township (1,258 students).[3] The district was formed on September 1, 1958.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,619 students and 210.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5.[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. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[4]
The district originally also included Mount Olive Township, until that municipality voted to leave the regional system. Students from Mount Olive Township attended West Morris Central High School until 1972. West Morris Mount Olive High School, in Flanders, opened in 1972 and was operated by the regional district until the 1978-1979 school year. West Morris Mount Olive High School Class of 1978 was the last graduating class from this facility under the regional administration. The high school building and remaining faculty became part of the Mount Olive Township School District and is operated as Mount Olive High School.
The West Morris Regional High School District is a "limited purpose" district. This means that it does not operate as a K-12 school system. Instead, K-8 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 Township Public School District and the remaining three municipalities (Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township) each constitute separate districts.
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The District operates two grade 9-12 comprehensive high schools (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]):
Core members of the district's administration are:[6]
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