Hanover Park Regional High School District
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The Hanover Park Regional High School District is a comprehensive regional public school district
School district
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 that serves students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County
Morris County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
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, United States
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. Students come from East Hanover Township
East Hanover, New Jersey
East Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 11,393. The town was incorporated in 1928. The headquarters of the Nabisco company and the pharmaceutical company Novartis are located in East...

, Florham Park
Florham Park, New Jersey
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 and Hanover Township
Hanover Township, New Jersey
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.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,504 students and 127.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
  • Hanover Park High School
    Hanover Park High School
    Hanover Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from East Hanover Township and Florham Park, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District...

    , which opened in 1956, serves the Township of East Hanover and the Borough of Florham Park. It had an enrollment of 890 in grades 9 through 12. The school is located in East Hanover Township.
  • Whippany Park High School
    Whippany Park High School
    Whippany Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Township of Hanover, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hanover Park Regional High School District...

    , whose doors opened in 1967, serves the Township of Hanover. The enrollment was 614 in grades 9 through 12. The school is located in the Whippany
    Whippany, New Jersey
    Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area...

     section of Hanover Township.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • Carol Grossi, Superintendent
  • William F. Albert Jr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

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