📍 625 Summer St, Elizabeth, Union County, 07202
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Elizabeth, Union County. The school has 810 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Elizabeth Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 76%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy enrolls 810 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 62% male and 38% female. A teaching staff of 61 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 22% Black or African American and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 592 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 180 | 22% |
| White | 33 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
710 of the school's 810 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 614 qualify for free lunch and 96 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-80, state senate district 20, state house district 20.
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is one of 37 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools, based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The district serves 28,454 students district-wide and employs 2,157 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 810 students, Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is close to the district average of about 769 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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