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Enrollment
477
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ORANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 341761002472
Edison Middle School
75 WILLIAM ST, W ORANGE, NJ 07052 · (973) 669-5360 · Essex County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
203 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 477 | 100% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Orange Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 41.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edison Middle School
Edison Middle School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Middle School this school | 477 | 42.6% | 55.3% |
| Roosevelt Middle School W ORANGE | 457 | 43.8% | 46.2% |
| Thomas E. Bowe Middle School Glassboro | 412 | 45.6% | 28.4% |
| Liberty Middle School WEST ORANGE | 559 | 46.2% | 44.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School TEANECK | 510 | 48.0% | 41.1% |
| Kawameeh Middle School UNION | 729 | 43.2% | 43.3% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edison Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #134 of 433 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #185 of 437 ▲ 22 | #16 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #185 of 437 ▼ 37 | #17 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #270 of 445 | #18 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #54 of 417 | #6 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #36 of 419 | #1 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #175 of 436 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #274 of 282 | #16 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
-74 (-13%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 477 | 53.3 | 8.9:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 52.3 | 9.2:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 50.4 | 9.6:1 | 43% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 52 | 10.6:1 | 46% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 46.8 | 10.3:1 | 46% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 55 | 9.4:1 | 49% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 43 | 10.8:1 | 39% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 37% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (482 to 477); teachers up 14% (46.8 to 53.3).
About Edison Middle School
Edison Middle School runs as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in W ORANGE, New Jersey. It educates 477 students in grade 6.
West Orange Public Schools has 13 schools and 6,616 students, and Edison Middle School is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Edison Middle School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 41%. After that, the student body is 29% Black, 20% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Essex County is about 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Edison Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The teaching staff at Edison Middle School is 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 8.9:1. That ratio is under the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 43%. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, higher than here.
Edison Middle School is 12.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (55.3% versus 42.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Across Essex County, median household income is about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Edison Middle School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
Washington Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Edison Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Edison Middle School is ahead of the 30.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
The federal government classifies Edison Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 551 in 2020-21 and 477 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.9:1.
Discussions about Edison Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Orange Public Schools
- West Orange High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in W ORANGE
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- St. Cloud Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other Edison Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Edison Middle. Edison Middle School is the 11th largest of the 12.
- Edison MiddleGreen Bay, WI · 1,121 students
- Edison Middle School - 06Sioux Falls, SD · 937 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMeriden, CT · 773 students
- Edison Middle SchoolChampaign, IL · 647 students
- Edison Middle SchoolWheaton, IL · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.2 mi · 414
- West Orange Early Childhood Learning Center0.3 mi · 54
- Cleveland Street Elementary School0.7 mi · 255
- Nishuane Elementary School0.8 mi · 377
- Orange Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 195
- Park Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Edison Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edison Middle School?
Edison Middle School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 06-06.
What age range does Edison Middle School serve?
Edison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Edison Middle School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Edison Middle School.
How diverse is Edison Middle School?
Edison Middle School reports a student body of 20% White, 41% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Edison Middle School in?
Edison Middle School is part of West Orange Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.