Edison Academy Magnet School

Set in EDISON, New Jersey, Edison Academy Magnet School is a very small secondary school, overseen by Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District. It serves 173 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,115 students; Edison Academy Magnet School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Edison Academy Magnet School shows that 88% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. Other groups include 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Edison Academy Magnet School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 2% of students at Edison Academy Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edison Academy Magnet School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.2%; this one delivers 100.0%, a residual of +34.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Edison Academy Magnet School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

The closest other public school is Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edison Academy Magnet School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Edison Academy Magnet School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 173). White enrollment moved from 10% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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