College Placement Results
100% of North Star’s high school graduates have been accepted into at least one four-year college. Our graduates average four acceptances each and approximately 95% enroll in four-year universities after graduation, including schools such as Emory University, Howard University, the University of Chicago, Oberlin College, Mount Holyoke College, Boston College, and Rutgers University. Over the past five years, North Star's 4-year college placement rate ranks highest among all high schools in the state of New Jersey. In contrast, in 2004 only 26% of the graduating seniors (who represent only 50% of those who started high school) in the Newark District reported planning on attending 4-year colleges. There is no verification of how many of these Newark students actually attended.
North Star Alumni Currently Attend:
- Bennett College
- Berkeley College of NJ
- Bloomfield College
- Boston College
- Bryant University
- Clark Atlanta University
- The College of New Jersey
- College of St. Elizabeth
- Dean College
- Emory University
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Howard University
- Jersey City University
- Kean University
- Lincoln Technical Institute
- Lehigh University
- Montclair State University
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- Morehouse College
- Mount Holyoke
- NJ Inst. of Technology
- Oberlin College
- Ramapo College
- Richard Stockton College
- Rider University
- Rutgers University
- Sage College of Albany
- Seton Hall University
- Spelman College
- St. Peter's College
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Trinity College Washington
- University of Chicago
- William Patterson University
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Middle School Results
North Star’s eighth graders perform extremely well on the state-mandated, New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge , NJASK 8, (formerly the GEPA), which is given in three core content areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Since they first took the test in 2000, North Star students have effectively closed the achievement gap with their peers across the state. In 2008, of the general education students, 100% scored proficient or above in Language Arts, 98% were proficient in Mathematics, and 98% were proficient in Science – results which are typically double the Newark District's average and higher than some statewide averages as well.
To give a sense of the true value added by the North Star program, the category "Neighborhood Schools" is based on the projection of where North Star student would likely attend - their assigned neighborhood schools - if North Star did not exist. The test scores from those schools are appropriately weighted to create the comparison passing rate.
High School Results
North Star eleventh graders have performed extremely well on the state-mandated High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), which was given in two core content areas: Language Arts and Mathematics. Passing both the Literacy and Math components of the HSPA is a requirement for graduation. Thus, any student who fails either part of the HSPA must take it again in their senior year. If they continue failing, they must graduate through an alternative process called Special Review Assessment (SRA). Only 84.3% of New Jersey general education students graduate by passing the HSPA, and only 48% of Newark general education students reach that achievement. North Star is proud to note that in 2009, 100% of its students passed the HSPA, far outpacing the results of the district and the state.
Elementary School Results
After only two years of operation, North Star’s Vailsburg Elementary Campus is performing alongside the top elementary schools in the country. North Star staff have adapted the data-driven model of instruction to early elementary grades, and the early gains have been significant. In fact, last school year 100% of students in both the 1st grade class of 2020 and the Kindergarten class of 2021 scored at or above grade level on the Terra Nova exam.
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