Edison High School

{{Infobox school | name = Edison High School | native_name = | logo = | motto = What's Great About Edison High' | established = 1956 | address = 50 Boulevard of the Eagles | city = Edison | county = Middlesex County | state = New Jersey | zipcode = 08817 | country = United States | coordinates = | pushpin_map = USA New Jersey Middlesex County#USA New Jersey#USA | campus = | type = Public high school | principal = Charles K. Ross Sr. | enrollment = 2,223 (as of 2021–22) | faculty = 162.4 FTEs | ratio = 13.7:1 | us_nces_school_id = 340450003324 | grades = 9th-12th | district = Edison Township Public Schools | team name = Eagles | mascot = Edgar the Eagle | colors = Scarlet and Vegas Gold | conference = Greater Middlesex Conference (general)Big Central Football Conference (football) | newspaper = The Eagle's Eye | yearbook = Talon | accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools | website = | footnotes = | picture = }} Edison High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Edison, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students of many diverse cultures, and is part of the Edison Township Public Schools. The other high school in the district is J. P. Stevens High School. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Most of the Edison High School students come from either Herbert Hoover Middle School or Thomas Jefferson Middle School, though some come from Woodrow Wilson Middle School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,223 students and 162.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. There were 403 students (18.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 143 (6.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. History Edison High School opened in 1956 as the district's first secondary school. By the start of the 1957–58 school year, the school was holding double sessions for students in grades seven through ten. J. P. Stevens High School opened in 1964, as part of an effort to alleviate overcrowding at Edison High School that made it the last school in the district that was still holding double sessions in order to accommodate the volume of students.