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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341638002912
Thomas A Edison Elementary School
507 WEST ST, UNION CITY, NJ 07087 · (201) 348-5965 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
643 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 14% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Thomas A Edison Elementary School→Union Hill Middle School
Based on grade levels within Union City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 33.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Thomas A Edison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #738 of 1,290 | #30 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #647 of 1,319 | #20 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #611 of 1,319 | #23 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #72 of 1,562 | #17 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #489 of 1,390 | #22 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #1,365 of 1,392 | #78 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #63 of 798 | #7 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
767
-302 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 13.8:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
94%
was 96%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 767 | 73 | 10.5:1 | 84% (643) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 76 | 10.3:1 | 95% (739) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 81 | 10.4:1 | 92% (769) |
| 2017-18 | 1,069 | 77.6 | 13.8:1 | 96% (1,025) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas A Edison Elementary School.
About Thomas A Edison Elementary School
Thomas A Edison Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in UNION CITY, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07087). Its enrollment is 767 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 89% above average.
Union City School District, which runs Thomas A Edison Elementary School, has 14 schools and 11,519 students.
Of every 100 students at Thomas A Edison Elementary School, about 94 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Hudson County is roughly 41% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 73 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.5:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. That is 16 points above the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Thomas A Edison Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 40.6%; the prediction is 20.3%.
In the wider Hudson County area, the median household earns about $91,795 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Hudson County, 130 public schools serve about 86,216 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, John F Kennedy Elementary School, is the closest to Thomas A Edison Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Thomas A Edison Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 1,069 (2017-18) to 767 (2024-25). In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.5:1.
This page is set up for the Thomas A Edison Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City School District
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other schools in UNION CITY
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- John F Kennedy Elementary School0.4 mi · 576
- Veterans' Memorial Elementary School0.4 mi · 502
- Alfred Zampella School0.5 mi · 629
- Colin Powell Elementary School0.5 mi · 692
- Jersey City Global Charter School0.6 mi · 423
- Christa McAuliffe School0.6 mi · 906
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas A Edison Elementary School?
Thomas A Edison Elementary School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Thomas A Edison Elementary School serve?
Thomas A Edison Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas A Edison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas A Edison Elementary School is approximately 10.5:1 (73 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thomas A Edison Elementary School?
Thomas A Edison Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Thomas A Edison Elementary School in?
Thomas A Edison Elementary School is part of Union City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.