The West Morris Regional High School District is a limited purpose regional public high school district in New Jersey that serves students from the surrounding Morris County communities of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township) and Washington Township. 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 each have their own districts (Chester Township Public School District Mendham Borough Schools, Mendham Township Public Schools and Washington Township Schools).
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,733 students and 214 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.77.
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.
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