High · New Jersey

Alternative High School

AlternativeFree meals for all

Alternative High School, a public high school in Paterson, New Jersey: grades 9–12, 81 students, 3.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paterson Public School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 81
Teachers (FTE): 21.0
Students per teacher: 3.9
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of high schools in New Jersey

Median 12.1 · 435 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of high schools in New Jersey

Median 817 · 444 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Paterson Public School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Paterson Public School District.

Location

Address: 350 Market Street, Paterson, NJ 07501
Phone: (973)321-0110
City or town: Paterson
County: Passaic County

Website Quality of life in Paterson Schools in Paterson

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Eastside High School	9–12	2,073	15.9	0.2 mi
Paterson P-TECH High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	193	12.1	0.3 mi
Newcomers High School	9–12	106	17.7	0.4 mi
International High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	650	12.5	0.9 mi
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing ArtsFree meals for all	9–12	258	9.9	1.0 mi
John F. Kennedy High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,846	13.4	1.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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