Putnam Valley High School is a comprehensive all Regents High School. Curricular offerings include Honors programs in Math, Science, English, Social Studies and Spanish. Students are accepted in Honors classes based on class performance, grade point average, and teacher recommendation.

Advanced Placement English, Advanced Placement US History, and Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) Calculus are offered to selected eleventh grade students. Seniors may be offered the opportunity to take the following Syracuse Project Advance courses: English, Economics, Public Policy, Chemistry, and two levels of Calculus. Advanced Placement Biology is also offered.

Students interested in occupational education programs attend the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Technical Center.

A wide range of co-curricular activities, including interscholastic sports, is offered to enhance the students' educational experiences. Putnam Valley High School has chapters of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics Honor Society), and the National Spanish Honor Society.

Principal: Jonathan M. Bryant

Assistant Principal: Sam Oliverio, Jr.

School Counselors: Dave Campion, Laura Kilduff, Teresa Zagorski