[5][6] East Paterson Memorial High School opened in September 1957 with 1,075 students in grades 7-10 attending split sessions, to allow for the construction of unfinished portions of the complex.

[13][14][15] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Elmwood Park was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).

[18] The wrestling team won the North I Group II state championship in 1982 and 1986[19] In 2006, the Elmwood Park High School wrestling team won the BPSL Championship, had a record of 22–2 for the season, were semifinalists in the state sectionals, and ranked top ten in Bergen County.

The high school's football team had a 41-game losing streak that lasted from 2002 until September 30, 2006, when they defeated the Manchester Regional High School Falcons, 33–14, snapping the four-year-long losing streak that was North Jersey's longest for a football team.

The 2003 boys' basketball team won the North I, Group I state sectional title, their first championship since 1984, with a 70–56 win against Park Ridge High School in the tournament final.