History
The school is named after J.P. Stevens, an alumnus of the nearby Wardlaw-Hartridge School and CEO of the J.P. Stevens Textile Corporation, who served as a member of the Edison Board of Education.
J.P. Stevens was founded in 1964, and rapidly expanded with North Edison. Originally, JPS was a senior high school, serving grades 10 through 12. In 1984, the Edison School District changed the junior high schools into middle schools, moving 9th grade into JPS.
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