West Side High School - Newark, New Jersey/NJ

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West Side High School

403 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ, 07103-1924 -

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Definition of Terms

West Side High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Essex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1512 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

101 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 382 students

Grade 10 - 358 students

Grade 11 - 301 students

Grade 12 - 251 students

Grade Not Listed - 220 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	7%
% Hispanic	2%	15%
% Black	97%	17%
% White	n/a	61%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

48%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Newark City School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	75	5
Number of Students Managed	42,555 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$956,412,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$959,550,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$22,475	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$22,548	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	80%	81%

Kevin Widemond, basketball player from Newark, dies during game in Portugal (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:32:12 am
LISBON, Portugal -- Kevin Widemond, a 23-year-old guard from Newark, died of a heart attack during a Portuguese basketball tournament. Texas A&M-CommerceKevin WidemondThe Portuguese basketball federation said Widemond collapsed in the locker room Sunday during halftime of a game between...
New Jersey teachers shift to physics to address shortage (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:17:54 am
NEWARK -- Emmanuel Ikheloa stood at the front of a Newark classroom, carefully measuring a glass marble and a metal spring. Then, with a "ready, set, go!" he flicked the trigger on a table-top marble launcher and sent the small...
Two men die in Essex County unrelated shootings (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:47:12 am
ESSEX -- Two men were killed during the weekend in unrelated homicides in Newark and Irvington, authorities said today. Both slayings are under investigation and police have made no arrests. In downtown Newark, Donell Shadd was shot in the torso...
New Jersey alumni to reconnect at school reunions (The Star-Ledger)
posted on September 11, 2009 at 11:17:22 am
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posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:13:32 am
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