Passaic Valley Regional High School is the name of both a public high school (grades 9–12) in Little Falls, New Jersey, and the regional school district for three communities in Passaic County: Little Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,274 students and 95.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.38:1. There were 141 students (11.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (3.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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.
The Passaic Valley Board of Education consists of nine members, with three members 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.
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