West Morris Mendham High School
public high school
West Morris Mendham High School (also known as Mendham High School) is home of the Minutemen, and is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students in ninth though twelfth grades as part of the West Morris Regional High School District. Established in 1970, the school is located in the heart of Mendham Borough, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Students who attend the school come from the Morris County municipalities of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,012 students and 82.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. There were 11 students (1.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Its sister school, West Morris Central High School, is located in Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central. The two schools maintain an athletic rivalry, which has survived decades of conference and schedule changes for all sports. Mount Olive High School was broken off from the original three-school district in 1977.
Mendham was certified to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in January 1998.
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