Whippany Park High School

Whippany Park High School is one of the cozy four-year high schools in WHIPPANY, New Jersey, overseen by Hanover Park Regional High School District, with 584 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Whippany Park High School is one of 2 schools operated by Hanover Park Regional High School District, a district that enrolls 1,290 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whippany Park High School lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at Whippany Park High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Morris County's rate of about 19%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whippany Park High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Whippany Park High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salem Drive School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whippany Park High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Whippany Park High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.