Summary:
Regional School District 01 is served by a single school: Housatonic Valley Regional High School, a small public high school in Falls Village, CT, enrolling 352 students in grades 9–12. With only one school in the district, there are no internal school-to-school comparisons to make; instead, the most meaningful analysis compares Housatonic Valley's performance to Connecticut state averages. The school is a standout in its own right, posting a graduation rate of 94.9% versus the state's 91.2%, and chronic absenteeism of just 12.5%, well below the state average of 16.4%.
In core academic subjects, the school outperforms Connecticut averages as well. On the SAT, 61.3% of 11th graders are proficient in ELA and 40.3% in math, compared to state averages of 55.3% and 31.3%, respectively. Math remains the relative weak point, trailing ELA proficiency by about 21 percentage points, even though the school's math advantage over the state (+9.0 points) is actually greater than its ELA advantage (+6.0 points). The school also maintains a highly favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1, which translates to roughly 37 teachers for the 352-student enrollment. Approximately 29.83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic need.
Notably, the school has improved its state ranking sharply in recent years, climbing from the 49th percentile in 2021–2022 and 2023–2024 to the 65th percentile in 2025–2026, when it ranked 46th out of 133 high schools. This places Housatonic Valley well above the district's overall rank of 48th percentile. One trend worth monitoring is the year-over-year decline in ELA proficiency, which fell from 65.5% to 61.3% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though the state average also dipped. Per-student spending was $28,148 in 2018–2019, a high figure consistent with operating a small rural high school, but this data is several years old and should be interpreted cautiously. Overall, Housatonic Valley Regional High School is a strong, above-average school in a single-school district.
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