Thomas A. Edison Middle, Los Angeles CA

Original Research by School Decision on Thomas A. Edison Middle

Thomas A. Edison Middle is a grades six through eight school serving about nine hundred students in Los Angeles, located on Hooper Avenue in the 90001 zip code. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is overwhelmingly Latino, with small populations of Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, and white students. The school's enrollment is relatively balanced across the three grades, with the largest group in grade seven.

On state assessments in 2024-25, proficiency rates at Edison were low across all tested subjects. In English language arts, proficiency ranged from the low twenties in grades six and seven to the low thirties in grade eight. Math proficiency was lower still, between about twenty and twenty-seven percent across the grades. In science, only about one in seven eighth-graders met proficiency. When averaged across these subjects and grades, Edison's overall proficiency index places the school in the bottom quartile among the eighty-one schools in Los Angeles County that serve middle grades.

The school sits in a high-cost housing market where home values and rents are substantially above state and national benchmarks. Families considering the area face rents that consume nearly half of median household income, and home purchase remains out of reach for most working families without significant down payment reserves. Additionally, Los Angeles Unified adopted a district-wide ban on student cellphones, smartwatches, and earbuds during the entire school day as of February 2025, a change that affects daily school culture and parent-student communication. The district also passed Measure US, a large school facilities bond that will raise property taxes for an extended period to repair aging buildings.

State assessment data for prior years was not available, so trends over time cannot be determined. Special education and English learner enrollment figures were also not reported in available records. A parent may want to ask the school directly about these populations, as they shape the academic and social environment. The school's website address was not provided in the available directory.

The school is situated within LAUSD, the nation's second-largest school district, and operates in a city undergoing substantial growth driven by housing development and major infrastructure projects ahead of the 2028 Olympics. The broader district has adopted changes in curriculum funding and support staffing through its Black Student Achievement Plan, which may affect programming at individual schools.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 35% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 721%

School 21% · District 34% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 32% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 46% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 46% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 27% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 43% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.