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Pascack Hills High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pascack Hills High School
As a close-knit four-year high school in Montvale, New Jersey, Pascack Hills High School hosts 768 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
Pascack Hills High School is one of 2 schools operated by Pascack Valley Regional High School District, a district that serves 1,696 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Pascack Hills High School records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Pascack Hills High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, Pascack Hills High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.9%.
In the area at large, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Pascack Hills High School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).
The closest other public school is Fieldstone Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pascack Hills High School. On composite proficiency, Pascack Hills High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Five-year trend. Pascack Hills High School's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 811 (now 768). White enrollment moved from 77% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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