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Enrollment
613
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMAS EDISON ENERGYSMART CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340074603143
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
150 Pierce Street, Somerset, NJ 08873 · (732) 412-7643 · Somerset County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
93 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
92.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
89.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.2% | 89.9% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 88.2% |
% 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
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% 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 27 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
613
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 36.9 | 16.5:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 38.1 | 15.9:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 13% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 23.8 | 20.0:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 8% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (476 to 613); teachers up 68% (23.8 to 40).
About Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Families in Somerset, New Jersey, are served by Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, a small school serving multiple grade levels. Total enrollment is 613 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 12. Combined schools in New Jersey have about 934 students on average; enrollment here is 34% lower.
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
The student body at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School is 61% Asian. The rest of enrollment is 14% White, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Somerset County, the Asian share is about 20%. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School are from different groups.
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for combined schools in New Jersey. At Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, 15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Somerset County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School outperforms its prediction by 27.0 points. The model expects 57.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey; the school's rate is 84.9%.
In Somerset County, home to about 349,846 people, median household income comes to about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Somerset County's 84 public schools enroll about 51,276 students and include Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School.
About 1.2 miles separate Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School from the closest public school, Elizabeth Avenue School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School is Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School had a net gain of 22 students, or 4%. The ratio was 16.9:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerset
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Central Jersey College Prep Charter SchoolCombined · 1,396 students
- Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith CampusMiddle · 787 students
- Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street CampusMiddle · 592 students
- Elizabeth Avenue SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Hillcrest SchoolElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Avenue School1.2 mi · 541
- Franklin High School1.6 mi · 2,134
- NuView Academy1.7 mi · 46
- Robert Morris School1.9 mi · 445
- Knollwood Elementary School2.0 mi · 460
- Conerly Road School2.2 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School?
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School serve?
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School?
Student demographics at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School are roughly 14% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 61% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School in?
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School is part of Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School.
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