📍 350 Market Street, Paterson, Passaic County, 07501
Alternative High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Paterson, Passaic County. The school has 125 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paterson Public School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alternative High School enrolls 125 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 43% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 68 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 43% |
| White | 2 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
82 of the school's 125 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 82 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alternative High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 35.
Alternative High School is one of 43 schools in Paterson Public School District, based in Paterson, New Jersey. The district serves 24,291 students district-wide and employs 1,769 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 125 students, Alternative High School is smaller than the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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