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Enrollment
768
High
DISTRICT 848 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCACK VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341251000718
Pascack Hills High School
225 West Grand Avenue, Montvale, NJ 07645 · (201) 358-7020 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New Jersey public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
15 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 202 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 182 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 179 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 205 | 27% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
84.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -20.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 94.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascack Hills High School this school | 768 | 2.0% | 68.9% |
| Governor Livingston High School BERKELEY HEIGHTS | 849 | 3.1% | 61.7% |
| New Providence High School NEW PROVIDENCE | 644 | 3.1% | 66.3% |
| Glen Ridge High School GLEN RIDGE | 799 | 0.4% | 66.8% |
| Pascack Valley High School Hillsdale | 928 | 2.2% | 69.0% |
| Hanover Park High School EAST HANOVER | 706 | 2.5% | 57.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pascack Hills High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #38 of 397 | #10 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #26 of 400 ▼ 16 | #5 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #31 of 395 ▲ 53 | #5 of 48 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #237 of 442 | #28 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #39 of 388 | #11 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #215 of 389 | #34 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.0% | #389 of 405 | #43 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #138 of 200 | #20 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
768
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 768 | 77.8 | 9.9:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 767 | 77.2 | 9.9:1 | 1% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 74.5 | 10.6:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 71 | 11.8:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 70.2 | 11.6:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 69 | 12.2:1 | 2% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 56 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pascack Hills High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (811 to 768); teachers up 11% (70.2 to 77.8).
About Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School is a low-enrollment high school based in Montvale, New Jersey. The school counts 768 students across grades 9 through 12.
Pascack Valley Regional High School District counts 1,696 students in its 2 schools, and Pascack Hills High School is one of them.
White students are the majority at Pascack Hills High School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 77.8 full-time equivalents, or about 9.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 2%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Pascack Hills High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New Jersey, Pascack Hills High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.9% actual against a predicted 65.1%.
Bergen County census figures show that the median household income is $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 291 public schools in Bergen County, enrolling about 133,883 students in all.
Fieldstone Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.8% proficiency; Pascack Hills High School posts 68.9%.
Pascack Hills High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 8% from its 2020-21 level of 837. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 9.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pascack Valley Regional High School District
- Pascack Valley High SchoolHigh · 928 students
Other schools in Montvale
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Fieldstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Fieldstone Middle School0.3 mi · 443
- West Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 343
- Memorial Elementary School0.9 mi · 532
- Park Ridge High School1.2 mi · 491
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 190
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Pascack Hills High SchoolHow many students attend Pascack Hills High School?
Pascack Hills High School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 09-12.
Is Pascack Hills High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pascack Hills High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pascack Hills High School have?
Pascack Hills High School employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Pascack Hills High School?
Student demographics at Pascack Hills High School are roughly 67% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pascack Hills High School in?
Pascack Hills High School is part of Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.