Summary:
The Pascack Valley Regional High School District has two public high schools serving grades 9–12: Pascack Valley High School and Pascack Hills High School. Both have proficiency rates above state levels on every 2025–2026 test reported for both schools. The most important finding is that Pascack Hills’ standout advantage is in ninth-grade Geometry, where it scored 19 points higher than Pascack Valley.
Pascack Hills leads in Geometry: 98% versus 79% in ninth grade, and 96% versus 79% on Geometry End of Course. It also leads in Algebra I by 6 points in tenth grade and 5 points on the End of Course test. Pascack Valley leads in ninth-grade English Language Arts (73% versus 70%), Science (42% versus 34%), and NJGPA Mathematics (89% versus 86%). Science is Pascack Hills’ lowest result among these tests, but its 34% still exceeds the state’s 29%; Pascack Valley’s lowest is tenth-grade Algebra I at 50%, compared with 20% statewide. The schools therefore split their strengths rather than one leading across subjects.
Results over time are mixed: across seven matched tests, the average school-to-state margin narrowed from 29 points in 2024–2025 to 25 points in 2025–2026, a decrease of 3 points. English Language Arts and Science scores fell at both schools, while NJGPA Mathematics rose. SchoolDigger rankings also moved down: Pascack Valley went from 27th of 429 schools to 52nd of 434, and Pascack Hills from 39th to 58th; their reported percentiles shifted from 94th to 88th and 91st to 87th, respectively. Other differences for families to weigh include chronic absenteeism—11% at Pascack Valley and 19% at Pascack Hills, compared with 14% statewide—alongside similar student-teacher ratios of 10.0 and 9.8. Both reported 2.2% and 2.0% of students, respectively, as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these are contextual observations, not explanations for school results.
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