[5] Both schools in the district are accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History[6] and the International Baccalaureate program.
[11] The district's first school opened in September 1958, at what is now West Morris Central, with 531 students in grades 9-11 in a building with 39 classrooms designed to accommodate a maximum enrollment of 1,200.
[14] Students from Mount Olive Township attended West Morris Central High School until 1972.
[15] In June 2015, a feasibility study requested by Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township was released that discussed potential restructuring of the West Morris Regional High School District, considering two different options.
In either scenario, Washington Township would take over West Morris Central High School and become its own PreK-12 district.