Manchester Regional High School - Haledon, New Jersey/NJ

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Manchester Regional High School

70 Church Street, Haledon, NJ, 07508-1753 -

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Definition of Terms

Manchester Regional High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Passaic County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

767 students

% Male / % Female

55% / 45%

Total Classroom Teachers

62 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 198 students

Grade 10 - 206 students

Grade 11 - 180 students

Grade 12 - 174 students

Grade Not Listed - 9 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	7%
% Hispanic	46%	15%
% Black	14%	17%
% White	37%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

41%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

12%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

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School District Name

Passaic County Manchester Regional School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	1	5
Number of Students Managed	767 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$13,618,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$13,553,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$17,755	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$17,670	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	95%	81%

Testament to Tragedy (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:56:26 pm
The Rev. Ken Vander Wall's six-month effort to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis in Darfur culminated with the collection of 15,000 pairs of shoes.
Effort to mark Darfur genocide ends with thousands of shoes for needy (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:08:18 pm
PARAMUS — A clergyman's six-month effort to bring awareness to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur culminated Sunday with the collection and display of 15,000 pairs of shoes at Westfield Garden State Plaza.
Quarry development divides Prospect Park candidates (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 02:09:27 am
AT STAKE: Two three-year seats on the Borough Council. Thomas F.X. Magura 66, of North 8th Street, is an ex-councilman, a member of the Prospect Park Board of Education and a lifelong resident of the borough.
Fate of regional district faces initial vote Tuesday (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 02:09:07 am
Montvale and Woodcliff Lake voters will decide Tuesday whether they want their representatives to create a new pre-K-through-12th-grade district for both towns.
Woodcliff Lake's attempt to withdraw from district would be long road (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 11:23:37 pm
The borough’s attempt to withdraw from or dissolve the regional high school district could be a long, expensive process that could end in the state Supreme Court.

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Manchester Regional High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school and regional school district serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students from Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved in July 2003 to participate in the program. 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.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 767 students and 62.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3.
The school was the 227th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 218th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available lots are announced annually by grade.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.
Popular culture
MRHS was featured as the school in the independent film, Twelve and Holding.
Notable alumni
Angela Atwood (1949-1974), founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Bruce Baumgartner (born 1960), four-time Olympic medal winner in wrestling, two gold, one silver and one bronze.
Bruce Huther (born 1954), former linebacker in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, and the Chicago Bears.
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External links
Manchester Regional High School
Data for Manchester Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics

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