The Parsippany-Troy Hills School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 serving students from Parsippany-Troy Hills Township in Morris County

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The Parsippany Troy-Hills School District has 14 schools, with students in ten elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools and an adult education center. The community served by the district is ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse. As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 14 schools had an enrollment of 7,173 students and 641.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

Schools

The district consists of the following schools (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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High schools

Grades 9-12

• Parsippany High School
  Parsippany High School
  Parsippany High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. The school serves students in grades 9-12 who live in the eastern half of Parsippany-Troy Hills...
  
   with 1,034 students
  • Natalie Betz, Principal
• Parsippany Hills High School
  Parsippany Hills High School
  Parsippany Hills High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. Built in 1969, the school...
  
   with 1,155 students
  • Dr. Nancy A. Gigante, Principal

Middle schools

Grades 6-8

• Brooklawn Middle School
  Brooklawn Middle School
  Brooklawn Middle School is a middle school located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, and is part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. Brooklawn has a population of over 900 students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Its faculty includes over 100 teachers and other educational professionals...
  
   with 921 students
  • Eileen Hoehne, Principal
• Central Middle School with 767 students
  • Kenneth Graham, Interim Principal

Elementary schools

Grades K-5

• Eastlake Elementary School with 281 students
  • Mark Gray, Principal
• Intervale Elementary School with 310 students
  • Christopher Waack, Principal
• Knollwood Elementary School with 331 students
  • Susan Raymond, Principal
• Lake Hiawatha Elementary School with 379 students
  • Thomas Nolan, Principal
• Lake Parsippany Elementary School with 315 students
  • Denis Mulroony, Principal
• Littleton Elementary School with 391 students
  • Michele Hoffman, Principal
• Mt. Tabor Elementary School with 359 students
  • Mark Fasciana, Principal
• Northvail Elementary School with 327 students
  • Jeffrey P. Martens, Principal
• Rockaway Meadow Elementary School with 286 students
  • Angelina Martino-Finnegan, Principal
• Troy Hills Elementary School with 317 students
  • Renee Brandler, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. LeRoy Seitz, Superintendent
• Marlene Wendolowski, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
• Anthony Mancuso, Board of Education President

External links

• Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
• Parsippany-Troy Hills School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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