High school (grades 9-12) · Falls Village, CT

Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Federal NCES profile for Housatonic Valley Regional High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 090360000766
0/100100/10047/100
👥 S:T ratio
63
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
65
📋 Attendance
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Housatonic Valley Regional High School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 87% of Connecticut schools.

47
Resource Index · Typical
9.3:1
small classes for Connecticut
23.5%
free-lunch eligible
352
students enrolled

Housatonic Valley Regional High School has class sizes smaller than 87% of Connecticut schools. Computed live against every Connecticut school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-11 students YoY

Housatonic Valley Regional High School held near 308 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-11 headcount).

Teacher FTE lost 38.4 → 36.2 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-11 students YoY 090360000766 · Falls Village, CT High · SMALL · TRAD

352 enr · 9.3:1 · 23.5% lunch · RII 47

Nearest enrollment peer: Longwood Preparatory Academy (352 students)

Housatonic Valley Regional High School held near 308 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-11 headcount). Teacher FTE lost 38.4 → 36.2 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Connecticut schools → · Find another →

How Housatonic Valley Regional High School compares

Housatonic Valley Regional High School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Connecticut and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Connecticut Connecticut avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.3:1 ▼ 23% 12.1:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 23.5% ▼ 35% 36.4% 51.7%
Enrollment 352 top 63% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.3:1
Leaner classes than 92% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
352
Bigger than 40% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
23.5%
free-lunch eligible - 35% below the Connecticut average of 36.4%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
9.3:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 13% in Connecticut - lower ratio than 87% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
28.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$38,525
per pupil, district-wide - above Connecticut avg of $24,680
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 176 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
31
in-school suspensions + 25 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 8.8 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 15.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 80.9%
Hispanic or Latino 12.9%
Two or More 4.9%
Asian 0.9%
African American 0.6%

Largest group: White at 80.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 32.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 32.6, Housatonic Valley Regional High School is less mixed than the Connecticut school average of 50.5.

Programs

AP courses offered 7

District finance for Regional School District 01 reports $38,525 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Housatonic Valley Regional High School

How many students attend Housatonic Valley Regional High School?

Housatonic Valley Regional High School has 352 students enrolled. It is a high school in Falls Village, CT. CCD year-over-year: 319 (2022-23) → 308 (2023-24), nearly flat (-11).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Housatonic Valley Regional High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Housatonic Valley Regional High School is 9.3:1, which is 23% lower than the Connecticut average of 12.1:1 and 41% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Housatonic Valley Regional High School?

23.5% of students at Housatonic Valley Regional High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Connecticut average of 36.4%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Housatonic Valley Regional High School?

The largest demographic group at Housatonic Valley Regional High School is White at 80.9% of enrollment, in Falls Village, CT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Housatonic Valley Regional High School?

Housatonic Valley Regional High School has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Regional School District 01?

None reported; Regional School District 01 operates only Housatonic Valley Regional High School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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