Eastside High School

Set in PATERSON, New Jersey, Eastside High School is a big secondary school, run under Paterson Public School District. It teaches 2,073 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 123% above the state mean of about 929.

Across the 43 schools in Paterson Public School District (21,372 students total), Eastside High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Eastside High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school lists 16% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eastside High School has 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastside High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.2%; Eastside High School posts 3.2%, -31.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Passaic County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Eastside High School is one.

The closest other public school is Roberto Clemente, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eastside High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 16.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.