Thomas A. Edison Middle

Thomas A. Edison Middle is one of the average-sized intermediate schools in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified, with 837 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

Thomas A. Edison Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that educates 406,887 students overall.

Demographically, Thomas A. Edison Middle lists that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Thomas A. Edison Middle has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Thomas A. Edison Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 23.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Thomas A. Edison Middle is one.

Miramonte Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Thomas A. Edison Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas A. Edison Middle has declined 31%, going from 1,220 students in 2018 to 837 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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