Passaic Valley Regional High School

Passaic Valley Regional High School District
Address
100 East Main Street
, Passaic County, New Jersey, 07424
United States
Coordinates40°52′42″N 74°13′12″W / 40.878468°N 74.220007°W / 40.878468; -74.220007
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentBracken Healy
Business administratorColin Monahan
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment1,039 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty83.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.pvrhs.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending
Rank
(*)
9-12
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,11512$18,8911.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,8071015,592−11.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,014148,807−9.0%
6Support Services1,38812,294−39.5%
8Administrative Cost1,488161,592−6.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,134311,9549.2%
13Extracurricular Activities77017873−11.8%
16Median Teacher Salary68,5752671,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47
Passaic Valley Regional High School
Location
Map
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"It's a great day to be a hornet."
Established1940
NCES School ID341257004858[1]
PrincipalKrista Voorhis
Faculty83.2 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,039 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.5:1[1]
Color(s)  Green and
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameHornets[3]

Passaic Valley Regional High School is the name of both a public school district and regional high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades from a district comprised of Little Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park, three communities in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[4][5][6][7] The high school is the only facility in the Passaic Valley Regional High School District.[8][9][10]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,039 students and 83.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 278 students (26.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[11]

The Passaic Valley board of education consists of nine members, with three members elected from each municipality. The board generally meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h School data for Passaic Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Passaic Valley Regional High School District No.1 Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Passaic Valley Regional High School. Accessed October 8, 2023. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Passaic Valley Regional High School District No. 1. Composition The Passaic Valley Regional High School District No. 1 is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Little Falls, Totowa, and Woodland Park."
  5. ^ District Information, Passaic Valley High School, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 14, 2008. Accessed October 8, 2018. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and Woodland Park."
  6. ^ 2004 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, December 2004, p. 211.
  7. ^ West Paterson no more, The Record, November 5, 2008. Accessed November 5, 2008.
  8. ^ 2023–24 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  9. ^ School Performance Reports for the Passaic Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Passaic Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  11. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 21, 2014.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Board was invoked but never defined (see the help page).