Edison Middle School

Set in W ORANGE, New Jersey, Edison Middle School is a low-enrollment intermediate school, part of West Orange Public Schools. It hosts 477 students across grade 6.

Edison Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by West Orange Public Schools, a district that educates 6,616 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Edison Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 20% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Edison Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Edison Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of +12.4 points.

In the area at large, Essex County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Edison Middle School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edison Middle School. On composite proficiency, Edison Middle School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Edison Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 477). Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.