Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy

Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy operates as a mid-sized secondary school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, one of the schools within Elizabeth Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 842 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 37 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools (27,580 students total), Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Union County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy has increased 6%, going from 791 students in 2018 to 842 in 2025.

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