Eastside High School (Paterson, New Jersey)
Eastside High School (or EHS) is a four–year public high school located in Paterson section of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves the eastern section of Paterson. EHS, which serves ninth through twelfth grade students, operates as part of the Paterson Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928. Eastside High School opened on February 1, 1926.
| Eastside High School | |
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| Address | |
150 Park Avenue Paterson , Passaic County , New Jersey 07501 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40.915048°N 74.160167°W |
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| Established | 1926 |
| School district | Paterson Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 341269004866 |
| Principal | Edgar Nieves (Principal of Operations) Miguel A. Sosa, (School of Government and Public Administration) Pamela Powell, (School of Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism) Dorothy Douge, (School of Information Technology) |
| Faculty | 133.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,323 (as of 2022–23) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.5:1 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue Orange |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
| Team name | Ghosts |
| Rival | Kennedy High School |
| Website | ehs |
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,323 students and 133.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.5:1. There were 1,188 students (51.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 37 (1.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school mascot—the Ghosts—derives from the location of Eastside's football field, where a nineteenth-century cemetery once stood. A May 1927 article in The Paterson Evening News refers to the Eastside team as the "Galloping Ghosts".