Mahwah High School

Mahwah High School (MHS) is the four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Mahwah, Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as the only high school of the Mahwah Township Public Schools.

Mahwah High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1962., Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed June 10, 2011.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,019 students and 76 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.41., National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 10, 2011.

Awards and recognition

The school was the 56th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 68th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. , New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011., New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.

History

The campus-style school with 13 buildings was originally established as a joint Junior and Senior high school. It was constructed in 1958-59 for $4 million. Before the new...
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