Eastside High School
CAMDEN · NJ · Camden City School District · Public
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KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation → Leap Academy University Charter School → Camden High School → Audubon Junior/Senior High School → Haddon Township High School → Maple Shade High School → Camden's Promise Charter School → Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. →At a glance
- 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 62% in 2019 (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Eastside High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 12 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation, Leap Academy University Charter School, Camden High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
66th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 512 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Camden |
Public | 2.3 | 559 | +48.3% |
| Leap Academy University Charter School CAMDEN |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 464 | -2.1% |
| Camden High School CAMDEN |
Public | 1.3 | 425 | +26.1% |
| Audubon Junior/Senior High School AUDUBON |
Public | 4.3 | 576 | +1.9% |
| Haddon Township High School WESTMONT |
Public | 3.1 | 609 | -0.8% |
| Maple Shade High School MAPLE SHADE |
Public | 3.8 | 599 | +12.8% |
| Camden's Promise Charter School Camden |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 729 | +22.3% |
| Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. Camden |
Public | 1.3 | 756 | +9.4% |