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Hatikvah International Academy Charter School

Public, Charter Grades K-8

15^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is an exceptional elementary school located in East Brunswick, New Jersey, serving 637 students in grades K-8. This school consistently outperforms the state average in academic achievement, making it a highly desirable educational option for families in the area.

Hatikvah International Academy Charter School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with 82% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and 88.5% proficient or better in Mathematics, far exceeding the state averages of 44.9% and 49.8%, respectively. The school also excels in serving diverse student subgroups, including female students, male students, Asian students, white students, special education students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, Hatikvah maintains relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 10.5% to 16.6%, which is lower than the state average.

When compared to the nearby public schools in the East Brunswick Township School District and Spotswood Public School District, Hatikvah International Academy Charter School significantly outperforms them in academic achievement across all grade levels and subjects. The school's consistent high performance has earned it a 5-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger for several consecutive years, indicating its sustained excellence in providing a quality education to its diverse student population.

657

Students ?

14.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,359

Per pupil spending ?

8.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7 Lexington Avenue
East Brunswick, NJ 08816

(732) 254-8300

District: Hatikvah International Academy Charter School

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

56.2%

White:

28.3%

Hispanic:

6.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 85th percentile in 2015 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (85% vs 44% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school85%

District avg85%

New Jersey avg44%

Elementary school

15^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From top 15% (2015) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

7^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 4 pts since 2019

From top 5% (2019) to top 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 609Hatikvah International Academy Charter School among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	96.3	15 of 1347	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	26 of 1338	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	95.6	24 of 1342	98.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.0	18 of 1345	98.7%	★★★★★
2021	96.6	23 of 1317	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	92.3	53 of 1360	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	91.6	62 of 1353	95.4%	★★★★★
2017	87.3	139 of 1352	89.7%	★★★★☆
2016	80.2	263 of 1346	80.5%	★★★★☆
2015	84.6	199 of 1357	85.3%	★★★★☆
2014	77.8	297 of 1363	78.2%	★★★★☆
2013	68.7	518 of 1367	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	89.7	7 of 1363	99.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	36 of 330	89.1%	★★★★☆
2024	82.7	25 of 340	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	88.4	8 of 346	97.7%	★★★★★
2022	74.7	72 of 348	79.3%	★★★★☆
2021	62.8	133 of 339	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	80.8	40 of 370	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	91.3	1 of 370	99.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.7	19 of 1326	98.6%	★★★★★
2024	93.9	36 of 1317	97.3%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	35 of 1318	97.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	62 of 1326	95.3%	★★★★★
2021	94.1	40 of 1290	96.9%	★★★★★
2019	87.4	110 of 1331	91.7%	★★★★★
2018	87.6	111 of 1333	91.7%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	99.8	5 of 1023	99.5%	★★★★★
2023	96.9	13 of 910	98.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.7	18 of 1318	98.6%	★★★★★
2024	95.7	22 of 1313	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	94.9	31 of 1315	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	96.9	9 of 1324	99.3%	★★★★★
2021	96.3	19 of 1297	98.5%	★★★★★
2019	94.4	22 of 1335	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	93.1	49 of 1334	96.3%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	98.5	17 of 1023	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	93.8	37 of 989	96.3%	★★★★★
2023	98.4	15 of 958	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	96.4	24 of 1001	97.6%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.4	57 of 970	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	91.5	37 of 963	96.2%	★★★★★
2023	87.4	82 of 975	91.6%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	15 of 976	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	94.0	14 of 964	98.5%	★★★★★
2019	92.3	16 of 1023	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	87.2	63 of 1022	93.8%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	7 of 752	99.1%	★★★★★
2024	95.8	9 of 743	98.8%	★★★★★
2023	97.1	4 of 748	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	1 of 745	99.9%	★★★★★
2021	98.6	3 of 652	99.5%	★★★★★
2019	88.6	40 of 745	94.6%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.7	17 of 204	91.7%	★★★★★
2024	80.6	30 of 200	85.0%	★★★★☆
2023	83.2	17 of 201	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	70.5	58 of 200	71.0%	★★★★☆
2021	70.4	38 of 147	74.1%	★★★★☆
2019	77.5	36 of 199	81.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	94.1	15 of 728	97.9%	★★★★★
2024	94.3	15 of 717	97.9%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	10 of 720	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	95.6	15 of 726	97.9%	★★★★★
2021	96.4	12 of 625	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	83.4	96 of 703	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	88.9	43 of 680	93.7%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	99.3	10 of 613	98.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	97.1	13 of 726	98.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	7 of 719	99.0%	★★★★★
2023	98.1	7 of 718	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	99.1	3 of 730	99.6%	★★★★★
2021	98.3	1 of 635	99.8%	★★★★★
2019	91.1	47 of 697	93.3%	★★★★★
2018	92.1	34 of 675	95.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	93.0	14 of 502	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	92.4	18 of 510	96.5%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	10 of 509	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	97.6	7 of 512	98.6%	★★★★★
2021	98.8	2 of 435	99.5%	★★★★★
2019	86.0	40 of 504	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	78.9	78 of 497	84.3%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)100th percentile~ school

Male (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)98th percentile~ school

White (2025)94th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)89th percentile-10 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

White (2025)97th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)92nd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I96%+51 vs state

English Language Arts90%+36 vs state

Mathematics82%+41 vs state

Science73%+49 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Really glad I was able to be a student at Hatikvah in its early developments Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Good school. Both my kids attend here and i am very happy with their performance. Close Quote

by a parent on FaceBook
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

My child is happiest I have ever seen him and is thriving at Hatikvah! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	7 Lexington Avenue	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	Hatikvah International Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 254-8300	657	47	14.1	8.8%	186 (28.3%)	39 (5.9%)	40 (6.1%)	369 (56.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	96.3	15^th of 1347 public elementary schools	98.9%		95.5	26^th of 1338 public elementary schools	98.1%	11	75.4	69.4	82.0	90.9	88.1	96.0	92.9	91.9	88.5	82.1	92.2	79.7	75.0	42.9	95.6	96.8	$8,359	$283	$8,076
Frost Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	65 Frost Avenue	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 613-6850	383	43	9.0	14.6%	144 (37.6%)	25 (6.5%)	59 (15.4%)	129 (33.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.8%)	89	142^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	89.5%		80.4	277^th of 1338 public elementary schools	79.3%	135			72.7	78.1					72.6	81.9							$11,319		$11,319
Warnsdorfer Elementary School	Public	K-4	9 Hardenburg Lane	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 613-6880	325	36	9.0	20.3%	132 (40.6%)	8 (2.5%)	39 (12.0%)	127 (39.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.9%)	84.1	215^th of 1347 public elementary schools	84.0%		88.7	140^th of 1338 public elementary schools	89.5%	75			60.8	71.0					78.9	75.7							$11,155		$11,155
G Austin Schoenly Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	80 Kane Avenue	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	235	15	15.6	25.1%	142 (60.4%)	16 (6.8%)	51 (21.7%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.7%)								(n/a)																	$12,319	$361	$11,958
E Raymond Appleby Elementary School	Public	2-5	23 Vliet Street	Spotswood	08884	Middlesex County	Spotswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 723-2200	365	38	9.6	30.7%	212 (58.1%)	12 (3.3%)	98 (26.8%)	20 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.0%)	32	930^th of 1347 public elementary schools	31.0%		47.9	699^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.8%	231	13.8		34.6	50.6	31.2				34.7	40.5	43.6						$11,070	$171	$10,899
Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-4	14 Innes Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6860	408	38	10.6	24.8%	146 (35.8%)	22 (5.4%)	78 (19.1%)	127 (31.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	63.4	499^th of 1347 public elementary schools	63.0%		68.7	436^th of 1338 public elementary schools	67.4%	63			50.8	57.6					58.4	59.6							$12,923	$187	$12,736
Irwin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	71 Racetrack Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6840	305	28	10.9	30.5%	127 (41.6%)	11 (3.6%)	37 (12.1%)	117 (38.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.6%)	86.2	181^st of 1347 public elementary schools	86.6%		86.2	190^th of 1338 public elementary schools	85.8%	9			73.0	66.1					92.0	72.4							$12,122	$226	$11,896
Woodland School	Public	4-5	42 Harrison Ave	Monroe Township	08831	Middlesex County	Monroe Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 251-1177	261	26	9.9	16.5%	161 (61.7%)	8 (3.1%)	21 (8.0%)	58 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.6%)								(n/a)	30.0			60.7	70.8					60.6	55.4						$12,690	$130	$12,560
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	371 Cranbury Road	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6820	349	38	9.1	27.2%	129 (37.0%)	25 (7.2%)	53 (15.2%)	120 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.0%)	81.7	257^th of 1347 public elementary schools	80.9%		84.1	216^th of 1338 public elementary schools	83.9%	41			58.9	72.3					72.1	73.0							$14,235		$14,235
Bowne-Munro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	120 Main Street	East Brunswick	08816	Middlesex County	East Brunswick Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 613-6810	201	17	11.9	23.9%	77 (38.3%)	22 (10.9%)	52 (25.9%)	38 (18.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.5%)	86.8	175^th of 1347 public elementary schools	87.0%		74	366^th of 1338 public elementary schools	72.6%	191			91.3	78.7					69.5	68.1							$13,912	$163	$13,749

Frequently Asked Questions about Hatikvah International Academy Charter School

Is Hatikvah International Academy Charter School a good school?

Yes! Hatikvah International Academy Charter School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 15^th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Hatikvah International Academy Charter School?

Students at Hatikvah International Academy Charter School are 56% Asian, 28% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What district is Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in?

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How many students attend Hatikvah International Academy Charter School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 657 students attended Hatikvah International Academy Charter School.

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