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Morristown High School

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Morristown High School ranks 223 rd of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

223^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 434 New Jersey High Schools

Better than 49% of New Jersey high schools

Summary

Morristown High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Morristown, New Jersey, with a student population of 1,856. The school is part of the Morris School District, which is ranked 281 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Morristown High School's statewide ranking has fluctuated between 187 and 338 out of 415-434 New Jersey high schools over the past 10 years, with a current ranking of 223 and a 2-star rating.

While Morristown High School performs better than the state average in English Language Arts, with 57.7% of 9th graders proficient in 2024-2025 compared to 49.9% statewide, the school struggles with math performance, particularly in Algebra I and Geometry, where only 9.6% of students were proficient in 2024-2025, compared to 38.2% statewide. The school's performance on NJSLA-S/Science for 11th grade is slightly above the state average, at 36.9% proficient in 2024-2025. Morristown High School's diverse student population includes significant representation of Asian (13.5%), African American (16.1%), Hispanic (37.1%), and White (31.1%) students, and the school's performance varies across these subgroups.

Interestingly, Morristown High School is surrounded by several high-performing public schools in the region, such as West Morris Mendham High School, Hanover Park High School, and Parsippany Hills High School, which consistently outperform Morristown High School on various academic measures. Additionally, Morristown High School faces challenges with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 9.4% to 18.5% over the past few years, which is higher than the state and district averages.

1,816

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,700

Per pupil spending ?

40.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

50 Early Street
Morristown, NJ 07960

(973) 292-2000

District: Morris School District

Feeder schools for Morristown High School:

Elementary:	Mountain Way School
Middle:	Morris Plains Borough School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.9%

White:

40.1%

African American:

7.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2015 → 49th in 2025

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Algebra I scores 21 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school47%

District avg50%

New Jersey avg49%

223^rd of 434

New Jersey public high schools ?

Bottom 49%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From top 44% (2015) to bottom 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

281^st of 609Morris School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.9	223 of 434	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.9	229 of 429	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.5	205 of 422	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.3	187 of 415	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.0	192 of 405	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.9	182 of 416	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.2	222 of 415	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	29.6	280 of 411	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	22.8	338 of 409	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	43.4	177 of 406	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	53.5	259 of 411	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	54.5	247 of 396	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	60.7	203 of 388	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	48.9	248 of 378	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	56.5	213 of 371	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	67.8	142 of 370	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	54.8	204 of 359	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	39.8	263 of 361	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	57.5	201 of 357	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	54.8	205 of 351	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	43.2	247 of 348	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	44.3	233 of 343	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	54.3	105 of 283	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.8	100 of 282	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.7	46 of 250	81.6%	★★★★☆
2022	58.3	56 of 256	78.1%	★★★★☆
2021	61.2	56 of 247	77.3%	★★★★☆
2019	56.1	87 of 254	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.5	112 of 266	57.9%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	67.0	47 of 190	75.3%	★★★★☆
2024	80.1	13 of 191	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	90.6	3 of 172	98.3%	★★★★★
2022	56.3	61 of 175	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.5	76 of 165	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.8	56 of 191	70.7%	★★★★☆
2018	45.9	106 of 198	46.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	161 of 215	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	140 of 191	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	113 of 161	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.5	108 of 137	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	91 of 101	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.3	97 of 138	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.0	134 of 146	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	214 of 426	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.2	275 of 420	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.2	174 of 416	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.9	193 of 414	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	34.9	239 of 402	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.5	170 of 408	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	217 of 403	46.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	324 of 406	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	346 of 403	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.9	266 of 385	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.4	243 of 382	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	23.7	321 of 374	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.6	216 of 364	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	16.7	343 of 368	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	302 of 377	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	312 of 358	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	213 of 344	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	159 of 324	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.7	247 of 326	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	219 of 347	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	17.0	322 of 345	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	55.8	158 of 426	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.6	211 of 419	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.2	113 of 414	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	65.6	80 of 410	80.5%	★★★★☆
2021	41.9	197 of 402	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.0	150 of 407	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.2	223 of 405	44.9%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	51.2	129 of 359	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.1	90 of 361	75.1%	★★★★☆
2023	56.2	92 of 339	72.9%	★★★★☆
2022	64.6	63 of 344	81.7%	★★★★☆
2021	59.8	84 of 333	74.8%	★★★★☆
2019	67.0	75 of 349	78.5%	★★★★☆
2018	53.7	108 of 355	69.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	69.9	63 of 347	81.8%	★★★★☆
2024	70.6	70 of 345	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	61.9	73 of 335	78.2%	★★★★☆
2022	65.2	62 of 335	81.5%	★★★★☆
2021	50.0	105 of 336	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.7	87 of 339	74.3%	★★★★☆
2018	53.4	119 of 340	65.0%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)82nd percentile+33 vs school

Asian (2025)75th percentile+27 vs school

Special Education (2025)64th percentile+15 vs school

Male (2025)63rd percentile+14 vs school

African American (2025)63rd percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)50th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)25th percentile-24 vs school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile-28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra II79%-3 vs state

English Language Arts78%-3 vs state

Mathematics56%~ state avg

Science37%+6 vs state

Geometry36%-20 vs state

Algebra I10%-21 vs state

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Monday, March 4, 2019

It is terrible they’re literally insane a large amount of students walk to school and how do we do this when half of us are snowed in Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)	NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		NJSLA Algebra II (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Morristown High School	Public	9-12	50 Early Street	Morristown	07960	Morris County	Morris School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 292-2000	1,816	139	13.1	40.7%	729 (40.1%)	135 (7.4%)	833 (45.9%)	76 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	29 (1.6%)	46.9	223^rd of 434 public high schools	48.6%		44.9	229^th of 429 public high schools	46.6%	6	77.8	56.3	36.9	57.7	10.9	2.6	9.6	36.1	35.9	79.6	78.0	$10,700	$91	$10,609
Morris County Jdc	Public	9-12	460 West Hanover Ave	Morristown	07963	Morris County	Morris County Jdc	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 285-2959	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital	Public	9-12	Main Building	Greystone Park	07950	Morris County	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 538-4298	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Whippany Park High School	Public	9-12	165 Whippany Road	Whippany	07981	Morris County	Hanover Park Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 887-3004	584	61	9.5	4.5%	428 (73.3%)	22 (3.8%)	46 (7.9%)	83 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	74.6	70^th of 434 public high schools	83.9%		80.8	51^st of 429 public high schools	88.1%	19	88.3	78.8	48.7	65.2	41.6		40.9	100.0	97.0			$12,403	$275	$12,128
Parsippany Hills High School	Public	9-12	20 Rita Drive	Morris Plains	07950	Morris County	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 682-2815	1,035	103	10.0	18.7%	367 (35.5%)	42 (4.1%)	172 (16.6%)	407 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	42 (4.1%)	73.1	80^th of 434 public high schools	81.6%		73.8	82^nd of 429 public high schools	80.9%	2	88.8	75.5	60.0	60.8	39.6		38.9	83.3	83.3	100.0	100.0	$12,246	$35	$12,211
Madison High School	Public	9-12	170 Ridgedale Avenue	Madison	07940	Morris County	Madison Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 593-3117	761	70	10.8	10.4%	529 (69.5%)	24 (3.2%)	129 (17.0%)	61 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.4%)	74.1	73^rd of 434 public high schools	83.2%		66.7	115^th of 429 public high schools	73.2%	42		82.1	47.1	76.1	28.6		27.8	74.6	74.6	95.3	95.3	$14,709	$76	$14,633
Randolph High School	Public	9-12	511 Millbrook Avenue	Randolph	07869	Morris County	Randolph Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 361-2400	1,275	117	10.8	13.4%	763 (59.8%)	53 (4.2%)	267 (20.9%)	162 (12.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	23 (1.8%)	57.3	161^st of 434 public high schools	62.9%		56.4	164^th of 429 public high schools	61.8%	3		79.4	39.6	69.4	3.9		3.7	40.4	40.4	96.8	96.8	$11,061	$12	$11,049
Morris County School of Technology	Public	9-12	400 East Main Street	Denville	07834	Morris County	Morris County Vocational School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 627-4600	885	75	11.7	8.4%	388 (43.8%)	14 (1.6%)	140 (15.8%)	293 (33.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (4.9%)	79.7	53^rd of 434 public high schools	87.8%		89	19^th of 429 public high schools	95.6%	34			70.3	88.1	51.1		51.1	66.1	66.1	90.7	90.7	$13,307	$971	$12,336
West Morris Mendham High School	Public	9-12	65 East Main Street	Mendham	07945	Morris County	West Morris Regional High School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 543-2501	1,012	83	12.2	1.1%	747 (73.8%)	17 (1.7%)	141 (13.9%)	45 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.1%)	85.5	26^th of 434 public high schools	94.0%		88.5	22^nd of 429 public high schools	94.9%	4		89.0	65.3	73.7	55.0		54.6	83.1	83.1	96.4	96.4	$12,763	$38	$12,725
Morris Knolls High School	Public	9-12	50 Knoll Drive	Rockaway	07866	Morris County	Morris Hills Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 664-2201	1,450	132	10.9	15.0%	874 (60.3%)	53 (3.7%)	343 (23.7%)	110 (7.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (4.4%)	63.5	128^th of 434 public high schools	70.5%		74.8	79^th of 429 public high schools	81.6%	49		80.1	30.6	66.6	33.2	0.0	30.3	70.7	70.7	100.0	100.0	$14,021	$223	$13,798

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