Edison High School

Set in EDISON, New Jersey, Edison High School is a well-populated four-year high school, one of the schools within Edison Township School District. It caters to 2,393 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 158% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Edison Township School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 16,617 students. Edison High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Edison High School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 16% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, Edison High School lists 160 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edison High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 34.7%.

In the area at large, Middlesex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Edison High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edison Early Learning Center, around 0.1 miles off. 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 High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.5%.

Edison High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Edison High School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,971 (now 2,393). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 29% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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