Does North Star cream the best students from the district to achieve their results?
By law, charter schools cannot select their students. Every student is accepted by a random lottery held each year in March. Academic performance is never considered as part of the admissions process. Some might still argue that only good students apply to North Star. In fact, when studying the performance of our students on New Jersey state assessments (NJASK3 & NJASK4) before they enter North Star, their test scores show them to be performing below the Newark District average, which is one of the lowest performing districts in the state.
