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What's the biggest difference between Eastside High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,073
High
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004866
Eastside High School
150 PARK AVENUE, PATERSON, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-2354 · Passaic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,073 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
130 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
1,209 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
3.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
3.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 3 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
3.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About 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.
Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paterson Public School District
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
- School 16Elementary · 813 students
- School 5Elementary · 753 students
- Charles J. Riley/ School 9Elementary · 682 students
- School 24Elementary · 668 students
Other schools in PATERSON
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Paterson Charter School for Science and TechnologyCombined · 1,708 students
- College Achieve Paterson Charter SchoolCombined · 1,688 students
- Paterson Arts and Science Charter SchoolCombined · 1,330 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
- Community Charter School of PatersonElementary · 896 students
Nearby schools
- Roberto Clemente0.1 mi · 254
- New Roberto Clemente0.2 mi · 473
- Alternative High School0.2 mi · 81
- School 150.2 mi · 577
- Edward W. Kilpatrick0.3 mi · 295
- Senator Frank Lautenberg School0.4 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside High SchoolHow large is Eastside High School?
Eastside High School enrolls approximately 2,073 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eastside High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastside High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastside High School is approximately 15.9:1 (130 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Eastside High School?
Student demographics at Eastside High School are roughly 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastside High School?
Eastside High School is overseen by Paterson Public School District in Passaic County.
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