Newark Collegiate Academy

For other uses, see Newark Academy (disambiguation).

Newark Collegiate Academy (NCA) is a four-year charter public high school located in Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the TEAM Academy Charter School network of charter schools in Newark run by the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) which serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. NCA opened in August 2007 with plans to ultimately serve over 570 students, mostly matriculating from TEAM's middle schools, Rise and TEAM Academies.

Newark Collegiate Academy
Location
129 Littleton Avenue Newark , Essex County , New Jersey 07103 United States
Coordinates	40.732333°N 74.174577°W / 40.732333; -74.174577
Information
Type	Charter high school
Motto	"At Newark Collegiate Academy we develop our habits of mind and character, preparing to lead principled, productive lives, that kindle a respect for Human dignity."
Established	2007
Authority	Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)
NCES School ID	340007000529[1]
Principal	Bridgett Hitchings Lindsay Schambach Sean Larry Stevens
Faculty	270.0 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	6,096 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.6:1[1]
Colors	Navy Blue   Sky Blue   white[2]
Slogan	"Work Hard Be Nice."
Athletics conference	Super Essex Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Sports	Football, Soccer, Basketball, Track and Field, Majorette, Cheerleading, and Boys and Girls Volleyball
Team name	Panthers[2]
Website	School website

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 6,096 students and 270.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.6:1. There were 4,596 students (75.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 805 (13.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 288th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools".^[3]

Athletics

The Newark Collegiate Academy Panthers^[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which consists of public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).^[4][5] With 552 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.^[6] The football team competes in the National White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.^[7][8] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 484 to 683 students.^[9]

School colors are navy blue and white. Sports offered by the school include volleyball (women), basketball (men), basketball (women), cross country (men), cross country (women), football, soccer (women), soccer (men), track and field spring (men), track and field spring (women), track and field winter (men) and track and field winter (women).^[2]