East Side High School (Newark, New Jersey)
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| 238 Van Buren Street Newark, NJ 07105 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | April 1, 1911 |
| School district | Newark Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Mario Santos |
| Vice principals | Michael De Antonio Brian Donovan Filipe Dos Santos Elizabeth Haden Luis Henriques Meg Murray Maria V. Queiruga Pessoa Anthony Tavares Michael West |
| Faculty | 117.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,628 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.9:1 |
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Red and White |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Red Raiders |
| Website | School website |
East Side High School is a four-year public high school in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school serves the city's Ironbound neighborhood. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,628 students and 117.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1. There were 1,176 students (72.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 101 (6.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The planned opening date for the school was February 1, 1911, which was delayed to April 1, 1911, with about 250 students beginning classes at was initially called the East Side Commercial and Manual Training High School.
The school was the 316th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 319th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 293rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 301st in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was also ranked 301st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The East Side High School Red Raiders compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,264 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,114 to 4,800 students in that grade range. Prior to the 2010 reorganization, the school had competed in the Watchung Conference, which consisted of public and private high schools in Essex County, Hudson County and Union County in northern New Jersey.
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