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Watchung Hills Regional High School is a regional comprehensive public high school and school district serving students in portions of Somerset and Morris Counties in New Jersey, United States. Students from Warren Township and from the neighboring communities of Watchung, and Green Brook in Somerset County and Long Hill Township in Morris County attend the school.〔(Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional ), Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed June 10, 2011.〕 The high school is located in Warren Township, next to Woodland School. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,149 students and 169.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.69:1. There were 48 students (2.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 19 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Watchung Hills Regional High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2015.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 25, 2014.〕 Watchung Hills also offers an adult school that operates at night in the facilities. The school colors were brown and yellow, but at about the turn of the millennium, gold took the place of yellow. Through recent years, the brown color has been phased out for black on many pieces of merchandise and signage. ==Awards, recognition and rankings== Watchung Hills Regional High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education in 1994-95, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("If You're Thinking. of Living In/ Watchung, N.J.; Stunning Vistas, but Entry Is Not Cheap And there is the matter of dealing with 80 deer per acre." ), ''The New York Times'', March 11, 2001. Accessed April 11, 2012.〕〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 514th in the nation among participating public high schools and 42nd among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ( "America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 34th in New Jersey and 1,160th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: Watchung Hills Regional High School" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed August 15, 2011.〕 In 2008, ''Newsweek'' ranked the school as 919th in the nation.〔(The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2008) ), ''Newsweek'', June 23, 2008.〕 In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Watchung Hills High School was listed in 999th place, the 31st-highest ranked school in New Jersey.〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.〕 In the magazine's 2006 survey, the school was ranked as 745th nationwide.〔(The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools ), ''Newsweek'', May 23, 2006.〕 In their 2004 survey, ''Newsweek'' ranked WHRHS as the 583rd best high school in the nation.〔(The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2004) ), ''Newsweek'', May 16, 2004.〕 The school was the 50th-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 44th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 48th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed August 27, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 49th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 8, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 38th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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 96th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 276 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (86.0%) and language arts literacy (97.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. 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