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Enrollment
657
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATIKVAH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340073503055
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
7 Lexington Avenue, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 · (732) 254-8300 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
58 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 51% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
90.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.1% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 88.3% | 81.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatikvah International Academy Charter School this school | 657 | 8.8% | 81.9% |
| Village Elementary School Skillman | 591 | 7.1% | 70.9% |
| Maurice Hawk Elementary School West Windsor | 723 | 11.3% | 71.5% |
| Orchard Hill Elementary School Skillman | 755 | 7.8% | N/A |
| Hillside Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 476 | 2.7% | 80.2% |
| Dutch Neck Elementary School West Windsor | 557 | 8.6% | 64.2% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hatikvah International Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #25 of 1,290 | #1 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #56 of 1,319 ▼ 7 | #3 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.1% | #14 of 1,319 ▲ 1 | #1 of 111 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #155 of 1,562 | #13 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,249 of 1,390 | #108 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #506 of 1,392 | #72 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #1,276 of 1,481 | #124 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.6% | #25 of 545 | #2 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
657
+111 (+20%) vs 2020
+584% since 2010-11, when it was 96
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 657 | 46.5 | 14.1:1 | 9% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 43.3 | 14.7:1 | 8% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 41.6 | 14.3:1 | 8% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 34.7 | 12.8:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 96 | 8 | 12.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hatikvah International Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 49% (442 to 657); teachers up 34% (34.7 to 46.5).
About Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
Families in East Brunswick, New Jersey, are served by Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It educates 657 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 62% larger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Asian students are the majority at Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, with 56% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 31 points above the 26% share among Middlesex County residents. Hatikvah International Academy Charter School's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.1:1. That is higher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 9%. On average, public schools in Middlesex County report 42%.
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School scores 20.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 81.9% actual versus 61.3% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Middlesex County, the median household income is $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Middlesex County has 214 public schools and roughly 129,255 students.
The nearest public school is Frost Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Hatikvah International Academy Charter School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Hatikvah International Academy Charter School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School's enrollment grew from 546 in 2020-21 to 657 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.0:1 to 14.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Hatikvah International Academy Charter School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Brunswick
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Frost Elementary School1.0 mi · 383
- Warnsdorfer Elementary School1.3 mi · 325
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary School1.4 mi · 235
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,221
- Spotswood Memorial Middle School1.6 mi · 269
- Spotswood High School1.7 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolHow many students attend Hatikvah International Academy Charter School?
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 657 students in grades KG-08.
Is Hatikvah International Academy Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hatikvah International Academy Charter School have?
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Hatikvah International Academy Charter School?
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School reports a student body of 28% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 56% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hatikvah International Academy Charter School?
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is overseen by Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.