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Thomas A. Edison Career And Technical Academy High School
625 Summer St
Elizabeth NJ, 07202, Union County
Phone: 908-436-6800
Ranking: 
(322 out of 346, bottom 7%)*
(322 out of 346, bottom 7%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Elizabeth City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | ||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 69 | 63 | 76 | 66 | 70 | |||||
| Total Students: | 700 | 692 | 663 | 718 | 685 | |||||
| Grade 9: | 209 | 29.9% | 233 | 33.7% | 208 | 31.4% | 249 | 34.7% | 142 | 20.7% |
| Grade 10: | 161 | 23.0% | 160 | 23.1% | 154 | 23.2% | 147 | 20.5% | 183 | 26.7% |
| Grade 11: | 134 | 19.1% | 127 | 18.4% | 122 | 18.4% | 133 | 18.5% | 173 | 25.3% |
| Grade 12: | 124 | 17.7% | 92 | 13.3% | 117 | 17.6% | 145 | 20.2% | 124 | 18.1% |
| Ungraded: | 72 | 10.3% | 80 | 11.6% | 62 | 9.4% | 44 | 6.1% | 63 | 9.2% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||
| Male: | 349 | 49.9% | 357 | 51.6% | 351 | 52.9% | 385 | 53.6% | 375 | 54.7% |
| Female: | 351 | 50.1% | 335 | 48.4% | 312 | 47.1% | 333 | 46.4% | 310 | 45.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 6 | 0.9% | 11 | 1.6% | 10 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.3% |
| Hispanic: | 475 | 67.9% | 481 | 69.5% | 458 | 69.1% | 506 | 70.5% | 479 | 69.9% |
| Black: | 172 | 24.6% | 164 | 23.7% | 161 | 24.3% | 170 | 23.7% | 162 | 23.6% |
| White: | 46 | 6.6% | 36 | 5.2% | 34 | 5.1% | 33 | 4.6% | 35 | 5.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 556 | 79.4% | 550 | 79.5% | 483 | 72.9% | 560 | 78.0% | 522 | 76.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 79 | 11.3% | 78 | 11.3% | 73 | 11.0% | 72 | 10.0% | 63 | 9.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.14 | 10.98 | 8.74 | 10.88 | 9.79 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSPA | ||||||
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 59.6% | 73.8% | 89.6% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.6% | 79.8% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.6% | 77.2% | 91.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 33.1% | 50.3% | 75.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 54.0% | 62.7% | 79.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 57.0% | 63.2% | 79.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Thomas A. Edison Career And Technical Academy High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.