Delaware Valley Regional High School is a regional, four-year public high school and school district, that serves students in western Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.2025-2026 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2026.School Performance Reports for the Delaware Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.New Jersey School Directory for the Delaware Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. The high school is located in Alexandria Township. Students hail from the townships of Alexandria, Holland and Kingwood along with the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford.Delaware Valley Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delaware Valley Regional High School, readopted June 28, 2021. Accessed January 6, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Delaware Valley Regional High School District. Composition: The Delaware Valley Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."Delaware Valley Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."About Us, Delaware Valley Regional High School District. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 705 students and 58.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 76 students (10.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 14 (2.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Delaware Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
History Prior to the school's completion, students from Frenchtown had attended Frenchtown High School, which held its final graduation ceremonies in June 1959."High School Holds Final Graduation", Courier News, June 13, 1959. Accessed March 19, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The school ball field was the setting for the 32nd and final graduation exercises of the Frenchtown High School Thursday evening. George Kinney Sr., president of the Frenchtown Board of Education, awarded diplomas to 62 pupils. Next September, Frenchtown High School pupils will attend Delaware Valley Regional High School in Alexandria Township."
Constructed at a cost of $1.6 million (equivalent to $ million in ) on a site, the school opened in September 1959 with 430 students.Our Story, Delaware Valley Regional High School. Accessed March 19, 2022. "The 25-room school, built for $1,600,000, replaced Frenchtown High School. Newspaper articles reported, 'The rambling, "ultra-modern" new school was on a 67-acre tract of land' that 'last year was a farm'. Ground was broken on March 18, 1958 and the cornerstone laid on August 20, 1959 that held 'a copper box of memorabilia'. September 9, 1959, the first day of school, began with 24 faculty members.... Approximately 434 students rode on 10 bus routes, but the school was expected to grow."
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 140th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 131st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 88th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 25, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 83rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 21, 2011. The school was ranked 80th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 180th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 81 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (79.4%) and language arts literacy (93.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 7, 2012.
Athletics The Delaware Valley Regional High School TerriersDelaware Valley Regional High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Skyland Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021 Accessed October 20, 2020. With 509 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020. The football team competes in Division 2A of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location.Kinney, Mike. "Big Central revises 2020 football schedule for its shortened inaugural season", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 12, 2020. Accessed April 18, 2021. "The newly formed Big Central Football Conference has released a revised 2020 schedule for its inaugural season.... the BCFC is comprised of schools from Middlesex, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties." The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
The Del Val wrestling team has had eight individual state champions and 33 individual state placewinners.Delaware Valley Wrestling The team has been the Central Jersey Group II sectional champion 16 times, won two sectional titles in North II Group I, and four titles in Central Jersey Group I. The team has won the New Jersey Group II state championship in 1984, 1985, 1987–1990, 1999 and 2017, and the Group I title in 2022, 2023 and 2025; The program's 11 state titles through 2020 were sixth-most in the state.Boys Wrestling Championship History: 1934-2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated October 2024. Accessed November 1, 2024. The 2017 team finished the season with a 23–3 record after defeating Collingswood High School in the semis and moving on to beat Hanover Park High School in the finals 30–28 to win the program's eighth Group II title.Mendlowitz, Andy. "Little, big guys help Delaware Valley end its 18-season group title drought", Courier News, February 13, 2017. Accessed March 8, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "In between, the Delaware Valley wrestlers piled up bonus points, gutted out close wins and kept losses close. It all added up to the Terriers’ first NJSIAA Group II championship since 1999 and eighth overall. Sunday, Del Val beat Collingswood 34-24 in the semifinal and then defeated Hanover Park 30-28 to claim the hardware at the Pine Belt Arena. The Terriers clinched in the next-to-last match and forfeited the final bout. Delaware Valley (23-3) has a storied wrestling tradition with 17 Central Group II sectional titles, but it’s been 18 years since a state group title." The 2022 team knocked off "perennial Group 1 favorite" Paulsboro High School in the semifinals and then defeated Kittatinny Regional High School by a score of 36–23 in the Group I tournament final, to claim the program's ninth state title.Lanni, Patrick. "Delaware Valley downs Kittatinny to win Group 1 state wrestling championship", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 13, 2022. Accessed February 14, 2022. "In a rematch from a regular season loss to Kittatinny, Delaware Valley reversed two results, picked up critical bonus points and did just about everything right on its way to a 36-23 win in the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics Group 1 final on Sunday at Franklin High School. The win clinched Delaware Valley’s ninth state championship in school history and second under head coach Andy Fitz."
The softball team finished the 1985 season with a 25–2 record after defeating Jefferson Township High School by a score of 3–1 in the final of the playoffs to win the Group II state championship.Softball Championship History 1972–2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated July 2023. Accessed April 1, 2024."Saddle Brook beaten in final, 13-12", The Record, June 10, 1985. Accessed November 17, 2020. "Group 2 Nancy LaFevre's two-run single in the fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted Delaware Valley (25-2) to a 3-1 win over Jefferson Township (22-4)."
The 2000 football team made it to the playoffs for the first time in school history, and posted the up-to-then best record while making it to the semi-final playoff game vs. Manasquan High School where they lost 40–0. The football team made it to the 2007 Central Jersey Group II state sectional tournament, falling to Carteret High School by a score of 13–7.2007 Football - Central, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 20, 2008. The football team also earned the region title in 2011 and made it to the semi-final round in the state playoffs.