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Enrollment
584
High
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER PARK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340666004246
Whippany Park High School
165 WHIPPANY ROAD, WHIPPANY, NJ 07981 · (973) 887-3004 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
26 students
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 140 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 147 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 146 | 25% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -16.8pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 64.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whippany Park High School
Whippany Park High School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whippany Park High School this school | 584 | 4.5% | 59.0% |
| Mountain Lakes High School Mountain Lakes | 546 | 2.0% | 66.9% |
| Kinnelon High School KINNELON | 507 | 6.7% | 58.1% |
| Hanover Park High School EAST HANOVER | 706 | 2.5% | 57.5% |
| New Providence High School NEW PROVIDENCE | 644 | 3.1% | 66.3% |
| Pascack Hills High School Montvale | 768 | 2.0% | 68.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whippany Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #69 of 397 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #81 of 400 ▼ 30 | #11 of 25 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #104 of 395 ▼ 45 | #16 of 25 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #300 of 442 | #20 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #26 of 388 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #285 of 389 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.5% | #364 of 405 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #77 of 200 | #12 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
584
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 584 | 60.9 | 9.6:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 60.7 | 9.8:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 61 | 9.8:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 59 | 10.4:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 60.8 | 10.8:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 50 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whippany Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (658 to 584); teachers unchanged (60.8 to 60.9).
About Whippany Park High School
Whippany Park High School is a high school in WHIPPANY, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 584 students. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Hanover Park Regional High School District enrolls 1,290 students, and its 2 schools include Whippany Park High School.
More than half of the students at Whippany Park High School are White (73%). Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whippany Park High School scores 44%.
Its staff includes 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 4% of students at Whippany Park High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
Whippany Park High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of New Jersey public high schools.
The model predicts 63.7% for a school in New Jersey with Whippany Park High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Whippany Park High School posts 59.0%.
In Morris County, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Morris County, 156 public schools serve about 72,239 students.
Whippany Park High School's nearest public school is Salem Drive School (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.9%; Whippany Park High School's is 59.0%, ranking 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Whippany Park High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover Park Regional High School District
- Hanover Park High SchoolHigh · 706 students
Other schools in WHIPPANY
- Memorial Junior SchoolMiddle · 419 students
- Bee Meadow SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Salem Drive SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Drive School0.6 mi · 245
- Memorial Junior School1.0 mi · 419
- Bee Meadow School1.5 mi · 294
- Mountview Road School2.0 mi · 276
- Normandy Park School2.1 mi · 371
- Unity Charter School2.3 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Whippany Park High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whippany Park High School?
Whippany Park High School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Whippany Park High School serve?
Whippany Park High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whippany Park High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whippany Park High School is approximately 9.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whippany Park High School?
At Whippany Park High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Whippany Park High School in?
Whippany Park High School is part of Hanover Park Regional High School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.