West Morris Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in grades 9 through 12 from Washington Township, New Jersey, United States, where the school is located, operating as part of the West Morris Regional High School District. The school has a Chester Township mailing address. Other communities served by the district are Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township, whose students attend West Morris Mendham High School.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,417 students and 96.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.76:1. There were 20 students (1.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has offered the IB Diploma Programme, as part of the International Baccalaureate Organization, since January 1998.
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