Thomas Jefferson Middle School

Thomas Jefferson Middle School operates as a large intermediate school in EDISON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Edison Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 954 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 578.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one of 19 schools operated by Edison Township School District, a district that enrolls 16,617 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thomas Jefferson Middle School lists that 44% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Thomas Jefferson Middle School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas Jefferson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Across the wider county, Middlesex County reports that median household income runs about $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

John Marshall Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thomas Jefferson Middle School's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 744 (now 954). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 22% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Thomas Jefferson Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.