Hatikvah International Academy Charter School

Hatikvah International Academy Charter School operates as a sizable K-5 school in East Brunswick, New Jersey, operated by Hatikvah International Academy Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 657 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 62% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Hatikvah International Academy Charter School sits inside Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Hatikvah International Academy Charter School records that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 81.9%, a residual of +20.6 points.

Across the wider county, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Frost Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hatikvah International Academy Charter School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Hatikvah International Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 49%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 657 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 19% to 56%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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