The uneven number resulted from Passaic County Technical Institute's joining the conference; the school, long a member of the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League, left that conference to join the Northern Hills after years of being the only Group IV school in a conference made up largely of Group I and Group II schools.
The odd number was due to Passaic County Technical Institute's joining the conference; previously a member of the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League, the school left that conference to join the Northern Hills after years as the only Group IV institution in a league mainly made up of Group I and Group II schools.