Newark Collegiate Academy
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.
| Newark Collegiate Academy | |
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| Coordinates | 40.732333°N 74.174577°W |
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| 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) |
| NCES School ID | 3400070[1] |
| Principal | Bridgett Hitchings Lindsay Schambach Sean Larry Stevens |
| Faculty | 200.8 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 4,059 (as of 2017–18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.2:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, Sky BlueSky Blue and white[2] |
| Slogan | "Work Hard Be Nice." |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Sports | Football, Soccer, Basketball, Track and Field, and Volleyball |
| Team name | Panthers[2] |
| Website | School website |
As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 4,059 students and 200.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.2:1. There were 3,084 students (76.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 500 (12.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Awards, recognition and rankings
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".[3]
Athletics
The Newark Collegiate Academy Panthers[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[4][5] With 487 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 457 students in that grade range.[6]
School colors are navy blue and white. Sports offered by the school include volleyball (women), basketball (men), basketball (women), cross country (men), cross country (women), football, soccer (women), soccer (men), track and field spring (men), track and field spring (women), track and field winter (men) and track and field winter (women).[2]
References
- School data for Team Academy Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
- Newark Collegiate Charter, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 30, 2016.
- Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
- Member Schools, Super Essex Conference. Accessed March 10, 2018.
- General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.