Miftaahul Uloom Academy

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Miftaahul Uloom Academy
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Miftaahul Uloom Academy
501 15th Street

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07087 [1]

United States
Coordinates 40°45′28″N74°02′43″W / 40.757870°N 74.045367°W / 40.757870; -74.045367 Coordinates: 40°45′28″N74°02′43″W / 40.757870°N 74.045367°W / 40.757870; -74.045367
Information
TypePrivate
Established1996
NCES School IDA0302098 [2]
PrincipalYusuf Jaaber [3] [4]
Faculty22.9 FTEs [2]
GradesPreschool to 12th grade
Enrollment152 (plus 34 in PreK, as of 2017–18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio6.6:1 [2]
Color(s)Orange, Blue, White
Nickname MUA
Accreditation AdvancEd [5]
Website Official website

Miftaahul Uloom Academy (translated: "The Key to Knowledge") is a private Islamic school in Union City, New Jersey. [6] The schools serves students in Pre-School to 12th grade. The school has been accredited by AdvancEd since 2017. [5]

Contents

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 152 students (plus 34 in PreK) and 22.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1. The school's student body was 42.8% (65) Asian, 27.6% (42) White, 15.8% (24) Black, 13.2% (20) two or more races and 0.7% (1) Hispanic. [2]

History

The school was started in 1992 as a cooperative home-schooling center at a residential building in Guttenberg, New Jersey. In 1996, it received 501 (c) 3 status as a registered non-profit organization. In 2001 it moved to Union City, and in 2007 relocated to its current location at the corner of 15th Street and Bergenline Avenue. [1]

Extracurricular activities

In February 2011, a team of 11 students from Miftaahul Uloom Academy, under the supervision of coach Candice Elam, a social studies and religion teacher at the school, and coach Puya Nili, an attorney, took part in a competitive mock civil trial against students from three other Hudson County schools at the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Courthouse. The academy made it to the semi-finals (having only made it to the quarter finals the previous year), and had faced Jersey City’s McNair Academic High School earlier in the day, then faced off against Bayonne High School. Initially, the jury had granted them the win, but the Miftaahul Uloom team placed second, after the judge made the final decision in favor of Bayonne. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Miftaahul Uloom Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  3. "Faculty/Staff Listing". Miftaahul Uloom Academy. Accessed April 12, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Cullen, Deanna (February 20, 2011). "Kids in the courtroom Miftaahul Uloom: Academy wins second place in county mock trial". The Hudson Reporter . "A favorable decision by the jury initially granted a win to Miftaahul Uloom Academy, a parochial school based in Union City". Accessed April 28, 2012.[ dead link ]
  5. 1 2 Miftaahul Uloom Academy, AdvancEd. Accessed October 29, 2020.
  6. "About MUA", Miftaahul Uloom Academy. Accessed April 12, 2012.