Schools
The two public high schools separate the South and North ends of Edison. In the Edison High School zone to the south, there are six K - 5 elementary schools, while in the J.P. Stevens High School zone there are five K-5 elementary schools. Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) include the following:
- Elementary Schools (K-5, except as indicated)
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary (573 students)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary (581; PreK-5)
- Lincoln Elementary (710)
- Lindeneau Elementary (511)
- James Madison Primary School (644; PreK-2), who then move on to James Madison Intermediate
- James Madison Intermediate School (561; 3-5)
- John Marshall Elementary (542)
- Menlo Park Elementary (780)
- James Monroe Elementary (427)
- Washington Elementary (618; PreK-5)
- Woodbrook School with 798 students
- Middle Schools (6-8)
- John Adams Middle School (760; from James Madison Intermediate and MLK Jr.)
- Herbert Hoover Middle School (824; from Franklin, Lincoln and Monroe)
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School (746; from Lindeneau, Marshall and Washington)
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School (827; from Menlo Park and Woodbrook)
- High Schools (9-12)
- Edison High School (1,958; from Hoover and Jefferson)
- J.P. Stevens High School (2,151; from Adams and Wilson)
The schools in the Southern end of the township are largely Caucasian (47%). The schools in the northern end of the town, however, are largely Asian-American (57%), with only 35% of students being Caucasian.
J.P. Stevens was the 65th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 52nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. Edison High School was ranked 169th in 2010 and 177th in 2008.
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