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Manchester Regional High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school and regional school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Haledon, North Haledon and Prospect Park, three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.〔Zaremba, Justin. ("Costs add up in funding formula fight" ), ''The Gazette'', March 17, 2010. Accessed August 21, 2012. "With no end in sight to the legal fight between Haledon, Prospect Park and North Haledon over the funding formula to the Manchester Regional High School District, costs for the boroughs continue to skyrocket."〕〔(Passaic County Manchester Regional High School ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "The school serves the communities of Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park as well as a select number of Choice students from Bergen, Passaic and Essex Counties."〕 The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved in July 2003 to participate in the program.〔(Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.〕 Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.〔(Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 902 students and 57.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.69:1. There were 564 students (62.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 107 (11.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 26, 2015.〕 The school's mean SAT scores for 2012-13 school year were 444 in the mathematics section, 429 in verbal and 419 on the essay for a composite score of 1292 vs. statewide averages of 521 math, 495 verbal and 496 essay, with a composite score of 1512; Among students taking the SAT, 14.2% met the 1550 composite score benchmark indicative of college success and completion, while 8.5% of peer schools and 43.9% of students statewide met this standard.〔(Manchester Regional High School 2013 School Performance Report ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 20, 2014, 2014.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest of eight groups. 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.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 20, 2014.〕 In a 2013 change by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, the district's funding formula was changed so that costs would be allocated with half based on enrollment and half based on valuation. The formula benefited North Haledon most, with Prospect Park's share of funding for the Manchester having more than doubled in a decade as of the 2014-15 school year and property taxes for the regional district rising nearly $700 on the average home in the previous two years. Haledon and Prospect Park have argued that property valuation should be the basis for assessing district taxes, while North Haledon, with the largest property valuation, had argued that funding should be based exclusively on enrollment.〔Park, Minjae. ("Prospect Park residents appeal to lawmakers for more school aid for Manchester Regional" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', March 18, 2015. Accessed March 22, 2015. "At the court’s order, the state commissioner of education created a new funding formula based one-third on enrollment and two-thirds on property values. North Haledon appealed and an administrative law judge in 2011 ordered the commissioner to create a new formula, recommending it be based two-thirds on enrollment and one-third on property values. Instead, Cerf in 2003 divided the burden 50-50 between enrollment and tax base, satisfying none of the boroughs."〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was awarded a Bronze Medal in ''U.S. News & World Reports 2009-2010 "Best American High Schools" issue, distinguishing it from the pack by being one of only two Passaic County, NJ, high schools mentioned.〔("America's Best High Schools - New Jersey" ), ''US News & World Report'', posted December 9, 2009. Accessed February 20, 2010.〕 Only 1,750 high schools out of 21,786 public high schools were recognized.〔("U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year" ), ''US News & World Report'', posted December 9, 2009. Accessed February 20, 2010.〕〔("Best High Schools 2010: Manchester Regional High School" ), ''US News & World Report'', posted December 9, 2009. Accessed February 20, 2010.〕 The school was the 269th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 272nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 260th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 227th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed May 21, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 218th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school as tied for 156th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 117 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 19, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manchester Regional High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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