Morris Hills High School

Morris Hills High School
Address
520 West Main Street

, ,
07866

United States
Coordinates40°53′23″N 74°31′37″W / 40.889606°N 74.527059°W / 40.889606; -74.527059
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoChanging the world, one student at a time
Established1953
NCES School ID341074004352
PrincipalTodd Toriello
Faculty116.3 FTEs
Enrollment1,141 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio9.8:1
Campus39 acres (16 ha)
Color(s)  Scarlet and
  white
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameScarlet Knights
RivalMorris Knolls High School
NewspaperHilltopper
YearbookThe Torch
Websitewww.mhrd.org/mhhs

Morris Hills High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school located in the borough of Rockaway, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of the two secondary schools of the Morris Hills Regional High School District. The high school serves students from Wharton, Rockaway Borough and parts of Rockaway Township. Students come to Morris Hills from Copeland Middle School, Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, as well as local private schools.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,141 students and 116.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1. There were 203 students (17.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 92 (8.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The campus of Morris Hills houses The Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, a science-oriented magnet school operated as a joint effort with the Morris County Vocational School District and open by competitive application to all students from Morris County.

The other high school in the district is Morris Knolls High School, which serves students from Denville and portions of Rockaway Township.