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West Morris Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, where the school is located, operating as part of the West Morris Regional High School District.〔(About WMRHSD ), West Morris Regional High School District. Accessed July 14, 2011. "West Morris Central High School (WMC) serves Washington Township. West Morris Mendham High School (WMM) serves Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township."〕 The school has a Chester Township mailing address. Other communities served by the district are Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township, whose students attend West Morris Mendham High School.〔(West Morris Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 30, 2015. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The district serves the students of five Morris County communities, Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township, in grades 9 through 12. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,334 students and 104.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 16 students (1.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for West Morris Central High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 30, 2015.〕 The school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has offered the IB Diploma Programme, as part of the International Baccalaureate Organization, since January 1998.〔(West Morris Central High School ), International Baccalaureate. Accessed August 26, 2014.〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The school was the 11th-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 56th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 43rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed August 28, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 42nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed July 14, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 41st 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 92nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 32 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (87.1%) and language arts literacy (96.8%) 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. Accessed March 2, 2012.〕 In ''The Washington Post's'' 2011 issue "Ranking America's High Schools", West Morris Central was ranked 10th in the state and 408th in the nation.〔Mathews, Jay. ("Ranking America's High Schools 2011: New Jersey" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed July 15, 2011.〕 In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''The Daily Beast'' ranked the school 535th in the nation among participating public high schools and 43rd among schools in New Jersey.〔Streib, Lauren. ("America's Best High Schools" ), ''The Daily Beast'', May 6, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2013.〕 The school was ranked 226th in the nation and 20th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.〔Staff. ("America's Best High Schools 2012" ), ''The Daily Beast'' / ''Newsweek'', May 20, 2012. Accessed May 23, 2012.〕 West Morris Central High School History Teacher, Roseanne Lichatin, was named the 2005 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year, and was recognized with the honor by First Lady Laura Bush.〔(Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony ), Office of the First Lady press release dated October 14, 2005.〕 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「West Morris Central High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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