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Schools in Great Notch

Great Notch’s public schools

Little Falls Township School District and Passaic Valley Regional School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Great Notch. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
69%
2021–22
Math proficiency
50%
2021–22
Spent per student
$30.9K
▲ 9% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024 · Passaic Valley Regional
Students per teacher
12.0
NJ 11.6
Schools in town
0
2,045 students on the public path
In brief

Great Notch’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Great Notch’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Little Falls Township Public School # 1 places highest (better than 66%); Passaic Valley Regional High School lowest (46%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Great Notch, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Little Falls Township Public School # 2in Little FallsNo scores
3–4Little Falls Township Public School # 3in Little FallsB
5–8Little Falls Township Public School # 1in Little FallsB+
9–12Passaic Valley Regional High Schoolin Little FallsB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Little Falls Township School District.

Two districts serve Great Notch

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Little Falls Township School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 3 schools · 952 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$25,258NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A−
Passaic Valley Regional School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,093 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$30,876NJ $28,441 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Little Falls Township School District69%
State average 48.6% · 554 students tested
Math · PK–8, Little Falls Township School District50%
State average 35.5% · 558 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Passaic Valley Regional School District37%
State average 48.6% · 260 students tested
Math · 9–12, Passaic Valley Regional School District18%
State average 35.5% · 265 students tested

Great Notch vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Great Notch’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Great Notch—Little Falls Township PK–8 · Passaic Valley Regional 9–12
Little FallsB+Little Falls Township PK–8 · Passaic Valley Regional 9–12
Woodland ParkC+Woodland Park Borough PK–8 · Passaic Valley Regional 9–12

All 2 neighbors share Passaic Valley Regional with Great Notch for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Great Notch

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Great Notchin other towns
Little Falls Township Public School # 2
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Little Falls
343 students12:1Rate it →
Little Falls Township Public School # 3
Elementary · Grades 3–4 · Little Falls
B
217 students13:1Rate it →
Little Falls Township Public School # 1
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Little Falls
B+
392 students9:1Rate it →
Passaic Valley Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Little Falls
B−
1,093 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Great Notch’s schools

Are Great Notch’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Great Notch. Little Falls Township School District and Passaic Valley Regional School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Great Notch. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Great Notch in?

Little Falls Township School District and Passaic Valley Regional School District.

Where do Great Notch kids go to high school?

Passaic Valley Regional High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.