Rising Star Academy

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Rising Star Academy
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Location
4613 Cottage Place
Union City, NJ 07087

United States
Coordinates40°46′52″N 74°01′24″W / 40.78119°N 74.02330°W / 40.78119; -74.02330Coordinates: 40°46′52″N 74°01′24″W / 40.78119°N 74.02330°W / 40.78119; -74.02330
Information
TypePrivate
MottoKnowledge-Leadership-Faith
Established2009
PrincipalHala Shehadeh[1]
Faculty22.5 FTEs[2]
GradesPreK-12
Enrollment196 (as of 2015-16, plus 14 in PreK)[2]
Student to teacher ratio8.7:1[2]
Websitehttp://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[]

  1. ^ "RISING STAR ACADEMY". Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d School data for Rising Star Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 20, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cusido, Carmen. "Embracing Islam", New Jersey Monthly, February 8, 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.rsanj.org/rsa/About%20Us/Middle%20States%20Accreditation/, Rising Star Academy, May 2, 2016. Accessed November 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Rising Star Academy, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed October 30, 2020.

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