East Side High School

Overview

East Side High School, established in 1911, is a public high school in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, part of Newark Public Schools. Through its East Side Opportunity Program, students can take Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate coursework and earn an associate degree from Essex County College using courses taken in 11th and 12th grade.

Academics

No independently verified New Jersey state assessment data (via NJ School Performance Reports) was located for this profile; check the New Jersey Department of Education's site directly for current school-level results.

Neighborhood

The Ironbound (also called Down Neck) is a large, distinct Newark neighborhood of over 42,000 residents, historically known for its Portuguese and Brazilian immigrant communities and dense commercial/residential mix.

Crime & safety

Citywide Newark crime data is sharply mixed across sources in a way that goes beyond the usual magnitude disagreement: one FBI-UCR-based source describes Newark's overall crime rate as lower than the national average (23% below), while a separate source using the same FBI UCR label describes it as 242% above the national average with a D- grade. Multiple sources agree, however, that Newark's Ironbound neighborhood specifically -- where this school is located -- is one of the city's more stable areas, with an A- grade cited by one source and described elsewhere as a comparatively safer part of the city despite its size and density.

Our calculated rating

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