Rising Star Academy
Rising Star Academy | |
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Location | |
4613 Cottage Place Union City, NJ 07087 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°46′52″N 74°01′24″W / 40.78119°N 74.02330°WCoordinates: 40°46′52″N 74°01′24″W / 40.78119°N 74.02330°W |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Motto | Knowledge-Leadership-Faith |
Established | 2009 |
Principal | Hala Shehadeh[1] |
Faculty | 22.5 FTEs[2] |
Grades | PreK-12 |
Enrollment | 196 (as of 2015-16, plus 14 in PreK)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 8.7:1[2] |
Website | http://www.rsanj.org/ |
Rising Star Academy is a private Islamic day school for students in pre-K through twelfth grades, located in Union City, New Jersey, established in 2009.[3]
As of the 2015–16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 196 students (plus 14 in PreK) and 22.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1. The school's student body was 96.4% White, 2.0% Hispanic and 1.5% Black.[2]
History[]
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.[4] The accreditation was effective December 2016 for a seven-year period.[5]
References[]
- ^ "RISING STAR ACADEMY". Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d School data for Rising Star Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 20, 2017.
- ^ a b Cusido, Carmen. "Embracing Islam", New Jersey Monthly, February 8, 2010.
- ^ http://www.rsanj.org/rsa/About%20Us/Middle%20States%20Accreditation/, Rising Star Academy, May 2, 2016. Accessed November 5, 2017.
- ^ Rising Star Academy, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed October 30, 2020.
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