Edison Middle

Set in Janesville, Wisconsin, Edison Middle is a roomy 6-8 campus, overseen by Janesville School District. It serves 587 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Janesville School District, which oversees 22 schools and 9,355 students, Edison Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Edison Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Edison Middle records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Edison Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rock County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edison Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rock County) records that the typical household earns roughly $75,673 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Rock County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), Edison Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edison Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 583 students in 2018 compared to 587 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 64%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Edison Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.