The school is located in Hardyston Township, approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest of New York City.
[1] The school has four assistant principals and 70 certified full and part-time faculty members, of whom 64% hold a master's degree.
[9] In the face of "badly overcrowded conditions" at Franklin High School, which served students from all four constituent municipalities, voters approved by a 4-1 margin a referendum in November 1972 for the creation of Wallkill Valley Regional High School.
[14] Wallkill's program of studies features a wide range of courses taught on five levels of instruction.
The levels are honors or advanced placement, academic, general, basic, and resource center.
Some examples include Mock trial, Student Council, Math League, Environmental Club, and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
[22] The football team competes in the National Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.
These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
[28] The wrestling team won the North I, Group II state sectional championship in 1987–1989.