Summary:
The city of Edison, New Jersey is home to four middle schools that are part of the Edison Township School District. These schools serve students in grades 6-8 and provide a range of educational opportunities within the district, which is ranked 198 out of 609 school districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Among the four middle schools, Woodrow Wilson Middle School and John Adams Middle School stand out as the top-performing institutions, consistently ranking among the top 100 middle schools in the state. These schools demonstrate exceptional performance in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with a majority of their students scoring proficient or better on the NJSLA assessments. In contrast, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Thomas Jefferson Middle School have significantly lower proficiency rates, particularly in Mathematics, where they lag behind the district and state averages.
The data also reveals a potential correlation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement, as the schools with lower percentages of free/reduced lunch recipients (Woodrow Wilson and John Adams) consistently outperform the schools with higher percentages (Herbert Hoover and Thomas Jefferson). Additionally, all four middle schools face a district-wide challenge with chronic absenteeism, as they all have the same rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average. Despite these differences, the schools have relatively similar spending per student and student-teacher ratios, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and staffing may be contributing to the observed academic outcomes.
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