The Board of Education of the Borough of Montvale provides education for all pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade, while the Pascack Valley Regional High School District provides education for all pupils in the ninth through twelfth grades. The Local Board and Regional Board operate as Type II Districts under the Education Law, codified as Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
The Local Board has seven elected members who are residents of the Borough. The education facilities consist of Memorial Elementary School (391-2900), for grades K-4, and Fieldstone Middle School (391-9000), for grades 5-8.
The Regional Board operates two high school facilities to serve the students from Hillsdale, Montvale, River Vale, and Woodcliff Lake. The original high school, Pascack Valley High School was built in Hillsdale in 1955. In 1963 a second high school was built in Montvale, the Pascack Hills High School, with additions to the facility constructed in 1967. Montvale students attend the Pascack Hills High School (358-7020).