School of Government and Public Administration
The School of Government and Public Administration is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the Eastside High School campus. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 729 students and 52.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1. There were 472 students (64.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch  and 0 (0.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Awards, recognition and rankings. The school was the 315th-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, after being ranked 305th in the state in 2012. Administration. The school's principal is Andre McCollum Sr. His administration team includes the vice principal.