Eastside High School
PATERSON · NJ · Paterson Public School District · Public
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John F. Kennedy High School → Fair Lawn High School → Passaic High School No. 12 → Hackensack High School → Ridgewood High School → Clifton High School → Garfield High School → Passaic County Technical Institute →How Eastside High School compares for families
What families should know about Eastside High School.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: John F. Kennedy High School, Fair Lawn High School, Passaic High School No. 12 and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,073 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $28,528 per student in district revenue, the 66 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,882,848/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy High School PATERSON |
Public | 1.4 | 1,846 | -10.6% |
| Fair Lawn High School FAIR LAWN |
Public | 2.2 | 1,687 | +12.9% |
| Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic |
Public | 4.4 | 2,484 | -0.2% |
| Hackensack High School HACKENSACK |
Public | 6.0 | 1,813 | +1.0% |
| Ridgewood High School RIDGEWOOD |
Public | 5.2 | 1,740 | -1.6% |
| Clifton High School CLIFTON |
Public | 3.1 | 3,150 | +9.8% |
| Garfield High School GARFIELD |
Public | 3.3 | 1,258 | +26.2% |
| Passaic County Technical Institute WAYNE |
Public | 2.5 | 3,565 | +7.5% |