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North Star Academy Charter School of Newark is a charter school located in Newark, New Jersey, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, that educates students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school was recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2010. In 2004, North Star Academy College Preparatory High School graduated its first senior class consisting of 19 students, all of whom were accepted into accredited four-year universities. As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,222 students and 204.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.87:1. There were 1,490 students (67.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 363 (16.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for North Star Academy Charter Schools Of Newark ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 28, 2015.〕 North Star Academy has five campuses: three middle schools (Clinton Hill, Vailsburg and Downtown Middle Schools), one Elementary School (Vailsburg) and a high school located in downtown Newark. In 2000, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush toured the school, hailing it as an example of reform.〔Newman, Maria. ("Newark School Shows Off Educational Approach" ), ''The New York Times'', March 30, 2000. Accessed March 28, 2015.〕 ==Awards and recognition== For the 2010 school year, the school was honored as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, the highest award granted to American schools.〔(2010 Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private ), United States Department of Education. Accessed June 26, 2011.〕〔(North Star Academy Charter School of Newark, 2010 - Blue Ribbon Schools Program application ), United States Department of Education. Accessed June 26, 2011.〕 In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''The Washington Post'', the school was ranked 11th in New Jersey and 507th nationwide.〔Mathews, Jay. ("The High School Challenge 2011: North Star" ), ''The Washington Post''. Accessed July 24, 2011.〕 In 2008, North Star Academy was awarded a Bronze Medal in the ''U.S. News & World Report''/SchoolMatters ranking of Best High Schools.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=North Star Academy CS Of Newark )〕 In 2015, (U.S. News & World Report ) ranked North Star Academy 8th in top ranked New Jersey high schools. 〔http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 38 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.〕 In 2014, NSA High School principal Michael Mann received the Ryan Award for best urban principal in the country, one of three principals nationwide to be recognized by the Accelerate Institute.〔McGlone, Peggy. ("Newark charter school principal honored with national leadership award" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', June 3, 2014. Accessed August 23, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Star Academy Charter School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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