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Edison High School is located in Fresno, California, United States, as part of the Fresno Unified School District. It is a public high school located next to Computech Middle School. Founded c. 1906, the school was first named Edison Technical High School until a major renovation in the 1960s, when the name became the current Edison High School. In 1982-1983, Irwin Junior High School, located adjacent Edison High School was finally integrated by 1985, forming a larger campus; Edison Computech High School. It is currently a Magnet school in the academic areas of Math & Science. Academically, it is one of the highest ranked schools in the San Joaquin Valley. It is also competitively ranked among the highest on an academic level among all high schools in the State of California. Edison is also a public school. The school integrates neighborhood students with magnet students. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,326 students and 90.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 25.7.〔(Edison High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 14, 2009.〕 Budget cuts have allowed a wider ratio. ==Awards and recognition== Edison High School has been consistently recognized as one of the country's top high schools in ''Newsweek'' magazine's rankings since their inception, which are based on the number of Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams. On May 13, 2011, Edison has created an all-time state record of the most students taking the AP Human Geography Exam at one time. The school has been ranked #79 in the 1998 listing,〔("CLASS STRUGGLE THE TOP 100 * HIGH SCHOOLS" ), copy of article from ''Newsweek'', March 30, 1998. Accessed November 15, 2007.〕 #83 in 2000,〔Matthews, Jay. ("The Top High Schools" ), ''The Washington Post'', originally appeared in ''Newsweek'', March 13, 2000. Accessed November 15, 2007.〕 #166 in 2003〔("The Top High Schools: A Web-Exclusive Extended List Of The Nation's Top High Schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 24, 2003 (see (page 29 of listings ). Accessed November 15, 2007.〕 and #331 in 2005.〔("The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 5, 2005 (see (page 56 of listings )). Accessed November 15, 2005.〕 The school was recognized by the California State Board of Education as a California Distinguished School in 2001.〔Rush, Angela Valdivia. ("Edison High among state elite Fresno school earns Distinguished award" ), ''The Fresno Bee'', April 11, 2001. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Edison High School Principal Jim Bowen was the lone person on campus Tuesday when he learned the school had earned one of the state's highest honors, the California Distinguished School award."〕 The school was also honored with the award in 1990〔"8 VALLEY SCHOOLS HONORED STATE RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENT EFFORT", ''The Fresno Bee'', April 17, 1990.〕 and 1992, and again in 2007.〔(Award Winners for Fresno County ), California Distinguished Schools. Accessed November 15, 2007.〕 In 1975 Edison High School Football Team won the Valley Championship with an UNDEFEATED 13-0 Record. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edison High School (Fresno, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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