North Star Academy Charter School
NEWARK · NJ · North Star Academy Charter School · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Alif Muhammad Wia School → Essex County Newark Tech → Marion P. Thomas Charter School → Newark School of Global Studies → Great Oaks Legacy Charter School → Arts High School → Science Park High School → ESSEX CO JDC →📋 At a glance
- 📚 23 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 7 calculus classes · 4 physics · 9 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 0.2% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 83% (Bottom 31% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How North Star Academy Charter School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 23 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alif Muhammad Wia School, Essex County Newark Tech, Marion P. Thomas Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
70th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 0.2% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 31% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 6,714 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $19,744 per student in district revenue, the 777 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $15,341,088/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alif Muhammad Wia School Newark |
Private | 0.3 | 104 | -43.5% |
| Essex County Newark Tech Newark |
Public | 0.6 | 606 | +7.1% |
| Marion P. Thomas Charter School NEWARK |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 561 | +25.8% |
| Newark School of Global Studies Newark |
Public | 0.7 | 377 | +78.7% |
| Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Newark |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 404 | +27.4% |
| Arts High School NEWARK |
Public | 0.8 | 611 | +1.7% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK |
Public | 0.8 | 861 | +6.3% |
| ESSEX CO JDC NEWARK |
Public | 0.8 | 73 | — |