Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Housatonic Valley Regional High School is one of the intimate high schools in Falls Village, Connecticut, overseen by Regional School District 01, with 352 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so Housatonic Valley Regional High School sits 55% below that benchmark.

Housatonic Valley Regional High School is a school of Regional School District 01, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Housatonic Valley Regional High School logs that nearly all students (80%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Northwest Hills Planning Region as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Northwest Hills Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $93,551, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Northwest Hills Planning Region runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students), of which Housatonic Valley Regional High School is one.

Lee H. Kellogg School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.