Noor-Ul-Iman School

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Noor-Ul-Iman School
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Noor-Ul-Iman School

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Coordinates 40°23′31″N74°32′24″W / 40.39193°N 74.54007°W / 40.39193; -74.54007
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TypePrivate
Established1993
School districtSouth Brunswick, NJ
NCES School IDA9502817 [1]
PrincipalTammy Elmansoury
Faculty55.3 FTEs [1]
Grades PreK-12th grade
Enrollment484 (plus 54 in PreK, as of 2021–22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio8.8:1 [1]
Color(s)Navy Blue, Gold, White
PublicationOculus [2]
Website www.nuischool.org

Noor-Ul-Iman School (NUI) is a private, non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education and accredited by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. It is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, [3] the Council of Islamic Schools of North America, the Islamic Schools League of America, and the New Jersey League of Islamic Schools (co-founded by NUI School).

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The school is located on the premises of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey in the suburban community of South Brunswick in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about midway between New York and Philadelphia. The school was established in 1993.

The classroom facilities for pre-K through twelfth-grade students are located in a contemporary-designed school building which opened to students in two phases, September 2012 and September 2014. In addition to classroom facilities, the school has a computer lab, library, biology/chemistry lab, physics lab, and an art/home economics room. NUI plans to build Phase III of the permanent school structure, which will provide a cafetorium, a gymnasium, and special-purpose classrooms.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 484 students (plus 54 in PreK) and 55.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1. The school's student body was 69.8% (338) Asian, 24.0% (116) White, 2.5% (12) two or more races, 1.9% (9) Black and 1.9% (338) Hispanic. [1]

History

The school started its operation in about 1993 on the premises of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey. In 2009, it started the expansion project on the 17-acre (6.9 ha) site. [4] Noor-Ul-Iman School has a 100% college attendance rate post-graduation, with students applying to colleges within the United States and abroad ranging from state colleges to the Ivy League.

Faculty

NUI students are instructed by sixty-six full-time and part-time faculty members allowing for the advantages of a low student/teacher ratio. In addition to the faculty members who have bachelor's degrees in their fields, twenty have master's degrees, one has a PhD and one has a Juris Doctor. NUI faculty members have an average of eleven years of teaching experience. All of the foreign language faculty members are native speakers of the language they teach. Several of the high school faculty members have published papers and/or books and many faculty members throughout the school have led workshops in their areas of expertise.

Students

The NUI student body is very diverse. Students come from a variety of cultural and economic backgrounds. The majority of the students are bilingual, and some are trilingual. This diversity of the NUI student body gives the students a greater perspective on cultural traditions as well as religious understanding.

In the previous seventeen years, NUI has graduated a total of 325 students. [5] Of those students:

Achievements

In addition to its excellent Academics and Religious Studies, Noor-Ul-Iman School offers students the opportunity to participate in a variety of clubs, interscholastic sports and competitions. Of special note, NUI's students have won numerous awards.

Noor-Ul-Iman was recently ranked #3 Best Private High School in Middlesex County by Niche.com [6] and featured as one of the best Islamic Schools in America [7]

Noor-Ul-Iman was listed as one of the best STEM High Schools in the country. [8]

NUI Wins Mock Trial Competition [9]

NUI School celebrates Martin Luther King Day [10]

EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND COMPETITIONS
American Mathematics Competition *

Arabic Club

Basketball

The Beauty of Poetry Club

Community Service Club

Speech and Debate Club

Empower Club

Entrepreneur Club

Franklin High School Model UN Conference

French Club

Hunger Van Club

‘Ibra Literary Magazine

Junior State of America

Nasheed Club (Devotional Song Club)

National High School Mock Trial

National Honor Society *

National Language Arts League

National/NJ Forensic League Debate Team *

Noor-Ul-Iman IEEE-STEM Club

Noor-Ul-Iman Model UN

Oculus (School Newspaper)

Philadelphia Model UN Conference

Rutgers Model UN Conference

Science Olympiad *

Soccer

Spanish Club

Student Council

Video Club

WordWright Challenge

Yearbook

* Approved by the National Association of Secondary School Principals

Athletics:

Administration

The administrative and educational affairs of the school are managed by the Head of School with the help of an administrative team, a group of professional educators averaging over nineteen years of educational experience, and a business manager with over twenty-six years of experience in her field. The administrative team is made up of the Head of School, High School Division Head, Middle School Division Head, Elementary School Division Head, Early Childhood Division Head, and Business Manager. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Noor-Ul-Iman School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2023.
  2. The Oculus Accessed February 2021.
  3. NJAIS Directory of Schools
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  5. High School Profile Accessed February 26, 2021.
  6. Best Private High Schools
  7. Best Islamic Schools
  8. Best STEM High Schools
  9. Mock Trial
  10. NUI Day of Service
  11. Administration