Rising Star Academy

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Rising Star Academy
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Location
Rising Star Academy
4613 Cottage Place

, ,
07087

United States
Coordinates 40°46′52″N74°01′24″W / 40.78119°N 74.02330°W / 40.78119; -74.02330
Information
TypePrivate
MottoKnowledge-Leadership-Faith
Established2009
NCES School IDA1101531 [1]
PrincipalHala Shehadeh [2]
Faculty29.9 FTEs [1]
Grades PreK-12
Enrollment216 (plus 21 in PreK, as of 2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio7.2:1 [1]
Website www.rsanj.org

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]

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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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Rising Star Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 10, 2022.
  2. "RISING STAR ACADEMY" . Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Cusido, Carmen. "Embracing Islam", New Jersey Monthly , February 8, 2010.
  4. Rising Star Academy, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 30, 2022.