Wallkill Valley Regional High School

The area has one school, Wallkill Valley Regional High School, serving grades 9–12 with 581 students; with no other local school, there is no school-to-school comparison. Its 2025–2026 results varied by subject and assessment: Geometry was above state results, while several other results were below. The most important test-score concern is Algebra I End of Course: 17% of students were proficient, compared with 40% statewide, a 23-point shortfall.

Because it is the only school, Wallkill Valley is both the area’s strongest and weakest by default. Its clearest relative strength was Geometry: proficiency was 55% in the End of Course assessment, 4 points above the state, and 57% on the Grade 9 assessment, 7 points above the state. By contrast, Algebra I End of Course was 23 points below the state; Grade 9 Algebra I had a smaller 5-point shortfall. The school’s Grade 9 English Language Arts result was 7 points below the state, while Grade 11 NJGPA English Language Arts was 2 points above it, underscoring how results differ across assessments and grades.

Recent results show sharp Geometry improvement but not broad gains across subjects. Geometry End of Course rose from 36% to 55% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, improving the school’s state gap by 24 points; Grade 9 Geometry rose from 36% to 57%, improving its gap by 27 points. Algebra I End of Course increased by 2 points, but its 23-point state shortfall remained unchanged. SchoolDigger ranked Wallkill Valley 236th of 434 schools, in the 46th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from 200th, the 54th percentile and 3 stars the prior year. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 26%, 11 points above the state, in 2024–2025; the student–teacher ratio was 11.7, and 28% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.