Eastside High School - Paterson, New Jersey/NJ

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Eastside High School

150 Park Avenue, Paterson, NJ, 07501-2327 -

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Definition of Terms

Eastside High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Passaic County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

3087 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

328 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 883 students

Grade 10 - 881 students

Grade 11 - 645 students

Grade 12 - 576 students

Grade Not Listed - 102 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:9

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	7%
% Hispanic	57%	19%
% Black	40%	18%
% White	2%	56%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

54%

25%

% 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

Paterson City School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	36	2
Number of Students Managed	25,308 students	1,083 students
District Total Revenue	$484,979,000	$17,415,000
District Expenditure	$476,181,000	$17,790,000
District Revenue / Student	$19,163	$34,323
District Expenditure / Student	$18,815	$17,538
District Graduation Rates	61%	100%

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Eastside High School (or EHS) is a four-year public high school in Paterson, New Jersey, United States, that serves the eastern section of Paterson. EHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Paterson Public Schools.
Eastside High School opened on February 1, 1926.
The school mascot is the Ghost.
EHS is 54% Hispanic of various Latin American nationalities, 43% Black, 2% White. 37% of the school speaks Spanish in their homes while another 32% speaks another language that isn't English at home. There are also Limited English Proficiency students or LEPs who compose 12% of the school. Limited English Proficient students cannot speak, read, or write in English and are placed in "bilingual" classes. 45% of the students participate in the free or reduced price lunch program.
The average class size is 29 students, excluding special education. The school's ratio of computers to students is 5 to 1 meanwhile the state average is 4 to 1.
On the Language Arts section of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), 51% scored proficient and 46% scored partial. On the Math section of the test, 39% scored proficient and 57% scored partial. The average SAT score is 736 out of 1600. The Advanced Placement Program (AP) participation is 2%. The average attendance rate is 87%. As of the 2004-05 school year, EHS had a suspension rate of 10%. 60% of Eastside High School seniors graduated. 71% of the school graduated via the SRA process and 10% graduated through the LEP SRA process. Roughly 38% of the graduating seniors go on to four-year colleges and another 34% of the graduating seniors go on to two year colleges.
The student to faculty ratio is 9 to 1. The faculty gets paid $46,500 a year while the state average is $52,563. The administrators get paid $105,000 as the state average is $102,755.
Since the school is in a �special needs� or one of the Abbott Districts, the district receives almost 85% of its budget from the state. The total cost per pupil in the school district is $14,280.
Popular culture: Joe Clark is a former principal of the high school. The school and Joe were the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman.
Notable alumni: Gary Jennings, author of historical novels.
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About This Zip Code (07501)

School Zip (07501)

(NJ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

32,998 people

8,215,963 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

35%

Population Average Age

29 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

3.1 persons

2.6 persons

Median Household Income

$24,938

$55,509

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.1 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

56 years old

47 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

19% / 81%

62% / 38%

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