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Enrollment
585
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY LOCAL·NCES 390499203747
Edison Middle School
4201 13th St SW, Massillon, OH 44646 · (330) 478-6167 · Stark County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
261 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 43%
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 7 | 310 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 47% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.3pp since 2021
Math
84.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.7% | 84.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 82.5% |
| 2022-23 | 76.8% | 78.8% |
| 2021-22 | 73.3% | 77.0% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (78.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Middle School this school | 585 | 44.6% | 78.2% |
| Batavia Middle School Batavia | 584 | 43.5% | 63.6% |
| Miami Trace Middle School Washington Court House | 611 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
| Howland Middle School Warren | 699 | 45.6% | 73.0% |
| Pfeiffer Intermediate School Massillon | 587 | 49.7% | 75.0% |
| Sailorway Middle School Vermilion | 511 | 46.2% | 70.2% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #98 of 316 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #76 of 637 ▲ 18 | #2 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #155 of 637 ▲ 78 | #5 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #193 of 629 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #206 of 654 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #310 of 577 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #352 of 579 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #133 of 319 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #78 of 410 | #6 of 15 |
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
585
-147 (-20%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 585 | 34.8 | 16.8:1 | 45% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 37.6 | 16.5:1 | 47% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 43.2 | 16.0:1 | 37% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 43 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 41.7 | 17.5:1 | 39% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 42% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 38 | 20.8:1 | 36% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 788 | 43 | 18.3:1 | 16% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | 40 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (729 to 585); teachers down 17% (41.7 to 34.8).
About Edison Middle School
In Massillon, Ohio, part of Stark County, Edison Middle School is a middle-grades school. It offers grades 7 through 8 and has 585 students enrolled. That is 21% larger than the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Perry Local enrolls 4,444 students in 7 schools, including Edison Middle School.
The share of students at Edison Middle School who are White is 87%. Other students are 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Stark County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Edison Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edison Middle School is 16.8:1, based on 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 17.0:1. Edison Middle School counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Stark County, the average is 36%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Edison Middle School is 6.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 78.2% actual, 72.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Stark County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $67,934 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stark County number 101, with about 53,798 students.
Pfeiffer Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Edison Middle School is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased by 20% across 4 years, from 732 in 2020-21 to 585 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Edison Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Local
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Pfeiffer Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Watson Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Southway Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Lohr Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Whipple Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Massillon
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Massillon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
Other Edison Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Edison Middle. Edison Middle School is the 7th 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
- Pfeiffer Intermediate School0.1 mi · 587
- Southway Elementary School0.4 mi · 474
- Perry High School0.5 mi · 1,456
- Watson Elementary School1.3 mi · 515
- Whipple Heights Elementary School1.8 mi · 382
- R G Drage Career Technical Ctr1.9 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Edison Middle SchoolHow large is Edison Middle School?
Edison Middle School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Edison Middle School serve?
Edison Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Edison Middle School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Edison Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edison Middle School?
At Edison Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Edison Middle School in?
Edison Middle School is part of Perry Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.