Morris Knolls High School

Morris Knolls High School
"Home Of The Golden Eagles"
Address
50 Knoll Drive

, ,
07866

United States
Coordinates40°53′09″N 74°30′28″W / 40.88595°N 74.507841°W / 40.88595; -74.507841
Information
School typePublic high school
Opened1964
StatusOpen
School districtMorris Hills Regional High School District
CEEB code311321
NCES School ID341074004354
PrincipalRyan MacNaughton
Faculty137.5 FTEs
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,473 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio10.7:1
Hours in school day7
Color(s)  Green and
  Gold
AthleticsVarsity
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameGolden Eagles
RivalRandolph, Morris Hills
PublicationSpectrum (literary magazine)
NewspaperThe Quill
YearbookTalon
Communities servedRockaway Township
Rockaway
Denville
Websitewww.mhrd.org/mkhs

Morris Knolls High School (MKHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Denville Township and most of Rockaway Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as one of the two secondary schools of the Morris Hills Regional High School District. The school is located in Denville but has a Rockaway mailing address. The other high school in the district is Morris Hills High School.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,473 students and 137.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1. There were 96 students (6.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (2.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

As a part of the Morris Hills Regional School District's (MHRD) magnet program, Morris Knolls was approved as an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school. The IB Diploma Program at Morris Knolls (MKIB) serves more than 80 students.

As of 2018, Morris Knolls is host to The Academy of Performing Arts, a magnet school for Morris County Vocational School District and the Morris County School of Technology (MCVTS).