NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Edison, NJ

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20 public K-12 schools in Edison from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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20
Schools
16,790
Students
46.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Edison has more public-school enrollment than 91% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Edison sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Edison's 20 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 4 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between Franklin D Roosevelt School and Edison Early Learning Center shows the range hidden by Edison's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 9%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
71st percentile

John P. Stevens High School accounts for 16.0% of all Edison public-school enrollment

That concentration means Edison-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Edison school enrollment varies 52× across entities

Edison school enrollment ranges from 52 students (lowest) to 2,687 students (highest), a spread of 2,635 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Edison student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Franklin D Roosevelt School 58
2. Edison Academy Magnet School 56
3. John Adams Middle School 52
4. Woodrow Wilson Middle School 50
5. John P. Stevens High School 49
6. James Madison Intermediate School 49
7. Lindeneau Elementary School 49
8. Martin Luther King Elementary School 48
9. James Monroe Elementary School 48
10. Menlo Park Elementary School 47
11. Woodbrook Elementary School 46
12. Washington Elementary School 46
13. Thomas Jefferson Middle School 45
14. John Marshall Elementary School 45
15. Benjamin Franklin Elementary School 45
16. Herbert Hoover Middle School 44
17. Lincoln Elementary School 41
18. James Madison Primary School 41
19. Edison High School 40
20. Edison Early Learning Center 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Edison

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 James Monroe Elementary School 73.8/100
  2. 2 Edison High School 73.5/100
  3. 3 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School 71.8/100
  4. 4 Herbert Hoover Middle School 70.9/100
  5. 5 Thomas Jefferson Middle School 70.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Edison?

Which Edison school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Franklin D Roosevelt School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Edison schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Edison, NJ? ▼

Edison has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,790 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.