Rising Star Academy
| Rising Star Academy | |
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| Location | |
4613 Cottage Place , , 07087 United States | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Knowledge-Leadership-Faith |
| Established | 2009 |
| NCES School ID | A1101531[1] |
| Principal | Hala Shehadeh[2] |
| Faculty | 29.9 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Enrollment | 216 (plus 21 in PreK, as of 2019–20)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.2:1[1] |
| Website | www |
Rising Star Academy is a private Islamic day school for students in pre-K through twelfth grades, located in Union City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, established in 2009.[3]
As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 216 students (plus 21 in PreK) and 29.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.2:1. The school's student body was 55.6% (120) Black, 41.2% (89) White and 3.2% (7) Hispanic.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Rising Star Academy opened in September 2009 by the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center, a Sunni Muslim mosque established in 1992 in Union City. The mosque's 2,000-member congregation includes approximately 500 Latino converts from other religions, such as Catholicism.[3]
The school received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools in May 2016 and is accredited until July 2024.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e School data for Rising Star Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 10, 2022.
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- ^ a b Cusido, Carmen. "Embracing Islam", New Jersey Monthly, February 8, 2010.
- ^ Rising Star Academy, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 30, 2022.
External links
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- Official website
- "Rising Star Academy". Private School Review.
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