Middle · California
Thomas A. Edison Middle
Free meals for allThomas A. Edison Middle, a public middle school in Los Angeles, California: grades 6–8, 837 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Los Angeles Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 837
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 85% of middle schools in California
Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared
More students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 72% of middle schools in California
Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared
Larger than 81% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%28%proficient
+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in California
Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared
781 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%24%proficient
+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of middle schools in California
Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared
787 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Los Angeles Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Los Angeles Unified.
Location
- Address
- 6500 Hooper Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001
- Phone
- (323)826-2500
- City or town
- Florence-Graham
- County
- Los Angeles County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance Kory Hunter MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 470 | 18.3 | 46% | 25% |
Los Angeles Academy MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 829 | 17.1 | 33% | 19% |
Aspire Centennial College Preparatory AcademyCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 527 | 27.3 | 51% | 28% |
Animo Florence-Firestone Charter MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 437 | 20.5 | 36% | 27% |
Charles Drew MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 607 | 17.8 | 23% | 14% |
| 6–8 | 365 | 20.5 | 43% | 22% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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