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Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva

1 Plainfield Avenue, Edison, NJ, 08817-0881 -

School Overview:

	Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva
School Type	Elem. Or Sec. with a Special Program Emphasis
School Membership(s)	National Society of Hebrew Day Schools (NSHDS)
Religious Affiliation	Jewish
Grades Offered	Grades 9 - 12
County	Middlesex County, NJ
Student Body
Total Students	76 students
Student Body Type	All-boys
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	33%
Students by Grade
	Grade 9 - 21 students
	Grade 10 - 16 students
	Grade 11 - 20 students
	Grade 12 - 19 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	6 teachers
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:11	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	238 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	n/a	6 hours

In the News:

Edison teen now facing bias charge for punching Jewish man (MyCentralJersey.com)
posted on October 7, 2009 at 05:32:06 am
A township teenager charged with punching a Jewish man on Rosh Hashanah has now been charged with bias intimidation for allegedly targeting the man because of his religion, authorities said Tuesday.
Police looking for those involved in swastika incident (Edison-Metuchen Sentinel)
posted on October 7, 2009 at 01:56:07 am
In the overnight hours of Sept. 28, following the end of Yom Kippur, three swastikas were painted on the front of Congregation Beth-El in what is the second reported act of religious intolerance recently. Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg said that a teacher at the temple arrived at the building, located at 91 Jefferson Road, Edison, at approximately 7:30 a.m. Sept.
Two anti-Semitic attacks in N.J. probed (JTA)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 07:34:07 pm
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Authorities are investigating two anti-Semitic attacks that occurred in the same New Jersey county. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old was arrested and charged with juvenile delinquency for his alleged verbal harassment of three Jewish residents of Highland Park, in Middlesex County.
Anti-Semitism Strikes Again in Edison Township, New Jersey (Israel National News)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 08:47:18 am
Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) A New Jersey township was hit this week with its second ant-Semitic attack in two weeks, just a few hours after the end of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.
Authorities probe spray-painting of swastikas on Jewish temple door in Edison (MyCentralJersey.com)
posted on September 29, 2009 at 10:09:59 pm
Three large swastikas were found spray-painted on the front of a temple Tuesday, further alarming the congregation's leader in the aftermath of an incident 10 days earlier in which a Jewish man was attacked.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (08817)	School Zip (08817)	(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate)	45,274 people	8,413,990 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	44%	36%
Population Average Age	34 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.7 persons	2.7 persons
Median Household Income	$63,980	$57,061
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	41 years old	46 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	58% / 42%	62% / 38%