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Enrollment
928
High
DISTRICT 848 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCACK VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341251000720
Pascack Valley High School
200 Piermont Avenue, Hillsdale, NJ 07642 · (201) 358-7060 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL928 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
10.0:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
20 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 | 199 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 227 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 237 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 265 | 29% |
Student demographics
50%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
79.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -18.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 82.9% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
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 Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascack Valley High School this school | 928 | 2.2% | 69.0% |
| Governor Livingston High School BERKELEY HEIGHTS | 849 | 3.1% | 61.7% |
| Pascack Hills High School Montvale | 768 | 2.0% | 68.9% |
| West Morris Mendham High School MENDHAM | 1,012 | 1.1% | 71.9% |
| West Morris Central High School CHESTER | 1,015 | 1.4% | 61.2% |
| Glen Ridge High School GLEN RIDGE | 799 | 0.4% | 66.8% |
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 Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #37 of 397 | #9 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #51 of 400 ▼ 32 | #13 of 48 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #46 of 395 ▲ 11 | #9 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 928 | #190 of 442 | #19 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #49 of 388 | #13 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #236 of 389 | #36 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #385 of 405 | #41 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #19 of 200 | #3 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
928
-159 (-15%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 928 | 92.6 | 10.0:1 | 2% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 955 | 93.8 | 10.2:1 | 2% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 984 | 93.5 | 10.5:1 | 2% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 93 | 11.7:1 | 2% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 1,214 | 96.1 | 12.6:1 | 3% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 1,224 | 95 | 12.9:1 | 2% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 1,230 | 72 | 17.1:1 | 2% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 863 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 0% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 794 | 59 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pascack Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,214 to 928); teachers down 4% (96.1 to 92.6).
About Pascack Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School is a mid-sized high school in Hillsdale, New Jersey. Enrollment stands at 928 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
Pascack Valley High School is one of the 2 schools that make up Pascack Valley Regional High School District (1,696 students in total).
More than half of enrollment at Pascack Valley High School is White: 68%. Next come 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White. The diversity index for Pascack Valley High School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Pascack Valley High School, there are about 10.0 students; the school has 92.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 2%. For comparison, public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Pascack Valley High School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pascack Valley High School would be expected to post about 65.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%.
Census data for Bergen County show median household income comes to about $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 291 public schools in the county, enrolling about 133,883, Pascack Valley High School among them.
Pascack Valley High School is about 0.4 miles from Meadowbrook, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pascack Valley High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,087 (2020-21) to 928 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.0:1, from 11.7:1.
Pascack Valley High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Hills High SchoolHigh · 768 students
Other schools in Hillsdale
- George G WhiteMiddle · 490 students
- MeadowbrookElementary · 318 students
- Ann Blanche SmithElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowbrook0.4 mi · 318
- George G White0.6 mi · 490
- Holdrum Middle School0.9 mi · 347
- Berkeley Elementary1.2 mi · 277
- East Brook Elementary School1.2 mi · 314
- Roberge Elementary School1.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Pascack Valley High SchoolHow large is Pascack Valley High School?
Pascack Valley High School enrolls approximately 928 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pascack Valley High School serve?
Pascack Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Pascack Valley High School have?
Pascack Valley High School employs 93 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Pascack Valley High School?
Student demographics at Pascack Valley High School are roughly 68% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pascack Valley High School in?
Pascack Valley High School is part of Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
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