Parsippany Hills High School

Parsippany Hills High School operates as a medium-sized four-year high school in Morris Plains, New Jersey, operated by Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,035 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,027 students. Parsippany Hills High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parsippany Hills High School lists that 39% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Parsippany Hills High School reports 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Parsippany Hills High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parsippany Hills High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Morris County) records that median household earnings sit near $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Parsippany Hills High School is one.

The closest other public school is Littleton Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parsippany Hills High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parsippany Hills High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 69.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parsippany Hills High School has contracted 3%, going from 1,067 students in 2018 to 1,035 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 43% to 35% over that span.

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