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Villa Walsh Academy

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Villa Walsh Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school for girls in seventh through twelfth grades located in Morristown, New Jersey, United States, conducted by the Religious Teachers Filippini. The school is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, operating on an independent basis. Its brother school is Delbarton School, with which it shares a transportation system. Villa Walsh Academy is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1987; the school's accreditation expires in May 2023. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.Villa Walsh Academy characterizes itself as one of the most selective in the state of New Jersey, with 50 students enrolled from 210 applicants. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 214 students and 28.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5:1. The school's student body was 86.9% (186) White, 7.9% (17) Asian, 2.3% (5) Hispanic, 1.4% (3) two or more races, 0.9% (2) Black and 0.5% (1) Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander.

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Western Avenue, Morris Township

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