Applications Open
for School Year
2025-26!

There are no enrollment costs to apply to or attend North Star Academy. Please note that there may be minimal fees throughout the school year.

As per our charter, North Star Academy is ONLY open to all residents of New Jersey. Children entering Kindergarten must turn five on or before October 1 of their enrollment year.

You can apply online here. If North Star is your school choice, be sure to rank us #1 on your application!

Siblings of currently enrolled North Star Academy students are given preference for admission over non-sibling applicants. Sibling preference applies to a student who has a sibling already in attendance when they are called off the waitlist. Sibling preference only applies to students who share a common parent through birth or legal adoption and live in the same household. Children who live in separate households are not considered siblings.

Campus placement is not guaranteed due to space limitations. We do, however, make an effort to “zone” students to the campus closest to their home. Campus placement will be communicated during the registration process.

No. There are no academic prerequisites or entrance examinations to be admitted to North Star Academy.

Yes. Children with special needs are encouraged to apply.

At this time, we are not offering in-person school tours. We also encourage you to browse this website. Should you have any questions, please contact our enrollment team.

1. Students who submit an application are placed on waitlists for schools that they ranked higher than their match school.
2. Families who didn’t apply during the application window can visit Newark Common App or visit any North Star Academy campus to apply to the waitlist.

1. Siblings of current students, in random order.
2. Newark residents, in random order.
3. Non-Newark residents, in random order.

Students on the waitlist are enrolled into our schools as seats become available for the grade in which they have applied. For a seat to become available, a current family must transfer out of our schools. In the event that a current family leaves, we refer to the waitlist and contact families in the order that they appear on the waitlist.

There is no way to foresee when any child might be selected from the waitlist. Students are called from the waitlist in the order that they are listed as spots open up in the schools. We will call all phone numbers on file when your student comes up on the list. Please be sure you update all contact information on your application via Newark Common App.

Yes.

Students on the waitlist must reapply every year through the Newark Common App if they are still interested in attending North Star Academy.

Yes.

Sibling applicants of currently enrolled students are given priority for admission over non-sibling applicants. In the event that there are no available seats, confirmed sibling applicants will be ordered randomly and placed in sequential order based on their randomly assigned number on the top of the waitlist above non-sibling applicants.

Newark Common App is a new school application and enrollment process that is available to all Newark families looking to access some of our city’s great school options.

You can apply to North Star Academy by completing the Newark Common App. Be sure to rank North Star Academy #1 on your application!

Choosing the right school for your child is now a lot simpler. Newark Common App is a new, innovative, and easy to use K-12 school application and enrollment process for Newark families. With a centralized application process, enrollment lottery, and waitlist to place students in the school of their choice, Newark Common App is the best first step on the path to possibility. If North Star is your school choice, be sure to rank us #1 on your application!

Tel: (973) 474-5114
Tel: (973) 474-5115 (Para Espanol)
Email: enroll@northstaracademy.org