Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Wallkill Valley Regional High School is a 9-12 campus of low-enrollment scale in HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, overseen by Wallkill Valley Regional High School, caters to 581 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Operationally, Wallkill Valley Regional High School answers to Wallkill Valley Regional High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Wallkill Valley Regional High School records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wallkill Valley Regional High School shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wallkill Valley Regional High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.6%; this one comes in at 36.0%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Sussex County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Wallkill Valley Regional High School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hamburg School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wallkill Valley Regional High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wallkill Valley Regional High School has contracted 4%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 581 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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