Hatikvah Performance "Very High" Says State

In the first year of a new evaluation system put in place by the New Jersey Department of Education, the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is performing “very high” when compared to schools across the state and to schools with similar demographics.

 “These new school performance reports were developed with the input of stakeholders across the state and provide a significant amount of new data to present a more complete picture of school performance,” said Commissioner Chris Cerf. “We hope this data will help schools and stakeholders engage in local goal setting and improvement to help all students graduate from high school ready for college and career.”

The NJ School Performance reports for 2011-12 includes new data on college and career readiness, while providing comparison to “peer schools” in order to provide a more complete overview of performance for educators and the public, according to the DOE.

Among the schools in Hatikvah’s peer group are Frost and Warnsdorfer in East Brunswick. Hatikvah is a K-3 school while Frost and Warnsdorfer are both K-5 schools.

Hatikvah placed in the 99th percentile for academic achievement among its “peers" and 99 statewide, which means it outperformed 99 percent of similar schools in the state.

Total School enrollment was 96 students in the 2010-11 school year, and 146 in 2011-12, according to the report.

In 2011-12, 17 students with disabilities made up 12 percent of enrollment. Six economically disadvantaged students made up 4.1 percent of enrollment. There were zero students in the school with limited English proficiency, according to the report.

A high percentage of Hatikvah students also performed well on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK). School wide, 90 percent of students are proficient and above in language arts. The school scored higher than 97 percent of its peers and higher than 98 percent of schools across the state. In addition, 100 percent of the school scored proficient and above in math.

According to the report, the student suspension rate was 2.1 percent in 2011-12. This represents the percentage of students who were suspended one or more times during the school year. There were zero student expulsions.

The student to staff ratio was 14 to 5 for faculty for 2011-12, according to the report.

For a more detailed look at the report, click HERE.

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