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Alternative High School

Paterson · Passaic County · High school
Grades 10–12 · was 9–12 in 2011
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In 2025-26 it enrolled 96 students across grades 10–12. Enrollment has been roughly steady since 2011-12 (107). It peaked at 275 in 2012-13. Its biggest cohort is grade 11.

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Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2011-12 and 2025-26 was Black students — 62% then, 62% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 735%62%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or more

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2021-22 and 2025-26 the makeup of this school changed substantially.

That’s the largest shift among the district’s eight high schools — and the biggest of 22 across Passaic County. The district as a whole shifted just 5.1 over the same years, making this school an outlier. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Black +20.1·Hispanic −18.7·White −3.5

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2025-26, 68.8% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 050100notreportednotreported68.8%68%60.5%2011201620212025
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Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district high schools, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →