Crescent School vs. Hamza Academy
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School Overview
Top Rankings
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Overview
Crescent School in Hempstead, NY, serves 280 students in grades K–12 within a suburban community setting and has an Islamic religious affiliation.
Founded in 1992, the school maintains a student–teacher ratio of 9:1 with 32 teaching staff and an average class size of 23 students.
The school offers five Advanced Placement (AP) courses and reports an average SAT score of 1200 for its high school students.
Tuition is determined through a selective admissions process with a 50% acceptance rate and rolling admissions throughout the year.
Crescent School's student body is 69% students of color, reflecting diverse enrollment in this suburban New York private school.
Hamza Academy based in Valley Stream New York provides preschool through 7th grade in a nurtuing Islamic environment.
Hamza Academy is a unique, individualized, accelerated education programs that is shaped by Islamic values and which prepares our students for higher learning in any field.
Hamza Academy provides that level of knowledge to our students by Keeping all students abreast with there academic studies which exceed the basis mandates by the NYS for of Education, Provide Islamic Studies including Qur'an, Arabic, and Islam and provide and Islamic enviornment and instill Islamic values.
Grades Offered
K-12
PK-5
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Learning Difference Programs
Yes
No
Year Founded
1992
2001
Students Body
Total Students
280 students
108 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
69%
92%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Nursery Students
-
15
Pre-K Students
-
15
Kindergarten Students
18
19
Grade 1 Students
28
14
Grade 2 Students
20
18
Grade 3 Students
22
12
Grade 4 Students
20
12
Grade 5 Students
17
3
Grade 6 Students
25
-
Grade 7 Students
22
-
Grade 8 Students
28
-
Grade 9 Students
27
-
Grade 10 Students
18
-
Grade 11 Students
25
-
Grade 12 Students
10
-
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
32 teachers
17 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
60%
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Average Class Size
23
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Number of AP Classes
5
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Student-Teacher Ratio
9:1
6:1
Average SAT score
1200
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Classroom Dress Code
Formal
Formal
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Acceptance Rate
50%
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Admissions Director
Najma
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Sports
Total Sports Offered
3
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