Eastside High School

Set in CAMDEN, New Jersey, Eastside High School is a compact senior high, run under Camden City School District. It hosts 512 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Across the 16 schools in Camden City School District (5,871 students total), Eastside High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Eastside High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 28% Black. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Eastside High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Camden County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastside High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.7%; this one comes in at 4.6%, -41.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Camden County put median household income runs about $88,755, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Eastside High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Octavius V. Catto Community Family School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eastside High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 21.1%.

Eastside High School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Eastside High School's enrollment has decreased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 784 (now 512). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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