Newark Collegiate Academy | |
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Location | |
129 Littleton Avenue Newark, NJ 07103 |
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Information | |
Type | Charter high school |
Motto | "At Newark Collegiate Academy we develop our habits of mind and character, preparing to lead principled, productive lives, that kindle a respect for Human dignity." |
Established | 2007 |
Authority | Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) |
Principal |
Bridgett Hitchings Lindsay Schambach |
Faculty | 245.0 FTEs |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 2,729 (as of 2014-15) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.1:1 |
Color(s) |
Navy Blue and white |
Slogan | "Work Hard Be Nice." |
Sports | Football & Soccer |
Team name | Panthers |
Website | School website |
Coordinates: 40°43′56″N 74°10′28″W / 40.732333°N 74.174577°W
Newark Collegiate Academy (NCA) is a four-year charter public high school located in Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the TEAM Academy Charter School network of charter schools in Newark run by the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) which serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. NCA opened in August 2007 and will ultimately serve over 570 students, mostly matriculating from TEAM's middle schools, Rise and TEAM Academies.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,729 students and 245.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. There were 2,049 students (75.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 349 (12.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 288th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools".