The Edison Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school system, serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Edison, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The school district has 11 elementary schools, four middle schools and two high schools that are part of the district, serving a culturally diverse student population.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 17 schools had an enrollment of 14,012 and 1,163.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis) for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
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