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West Morris Mendham High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About West Morris Mendham High School
West Morris Mendham High School is a senior high of mid-sized scale in MENDHAM, New Jersey, run under West Morris Regional High School District, enrolling 1,012 students in grades 9 through 12.
West Morris Regional High School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 2,027 students. West Morris Mendham High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, West Morris Mendham High School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, West Morris Mendham High School logs 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morris County (around 19%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Morris Mendham High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.6%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of +6.3 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate median household income runs about $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 West Morris Mendham High School is one.
Hilltop School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Morris Mendham High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 69.0%.
West Morris Mendham High School operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. West Morris Mendham High School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,241 (now 1,012). White enrollment moved from 85% to 74% across the same window.
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Related schools
- West Morris Central High SchoolHigh · 1,015 students
- Hilltop SchoolElementary · 289 students
- Mountain View SchoolMiddle · 208 students
- Hilltop School0.5 mi · 289
- Mountain View School0.6 mi · 208
- Mendham Township Elementary School1.4 mi · 466
- Mendham Township Middle School2.6 mi · 342
- Bernardsville Middle School3.2 mi · 419
- Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School3.3 mi · 435