Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School

What Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School does

Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy / Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School (JKHA/RKYHS) is a private non-profit Modern Orthodox co-educational Jewish day school operating from a single campus at 110 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, New Jersey. It serves students from age three (EC3) through 12th grade across four divisions — Early Childhood (EC3, EC4, Gan), Lower School (Grades 1–4), Middle School (Grades 5–8), and RKYHS High School (Grades 9–12) — and is the only N-12 Orthodox school in New Jersey accredited by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS), with additional recognition as a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School. The core academic product is a dual curriculum integrating General Studies with Judaic Studies (Torah, Talmud, Chumash, Hebrew language) and is augmented by a set of differentiated programs including the NETA Hebrew Language curriculum licensed from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an SRTI Scientific Research Training Institute, a STEM/Makerspace Lab, Moadim L'STEAMcha interdisciplinary programming, and the TREP$ entrepreneurship curriculum. The school also operates athletics in the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League, summer enrichment programs, a Learning Lab for students with documented learning differences, and a Guidance Department covering academic, social-emotional, college, and Israel gap-year advising.

The go-to-market is a sales-led, direct-admissions motion targeting Modern Orthodox Jewish families primarily in the Greater MetroWest New Jersey region. Prospective families enter through the jkha.org website, Instagram (@kushneracademy), open houses, synagogue partnerships, and referrals, with applications submitted online via Rediker Software, followed by on-site tours and interviews led by Director of Admissions and Community Relations Allison Lyons. The revenue model combines recurring tuition contracts (Annual, Semi-Annual, or ten-installment Monthly payment plans) — which the school explicitly states cover only approximately 70% of actual educational costs — with donations through the ATID Society and Ohr HaATID Society (annual gift of $1,200 for new families), merit-based awards (Eva and Arie Halpern Merit Award of $3,000/$1,000 per year), need-based financial assistance (L'Atidenu via FACTS Tuition Aid), middle-income tuition caps (Yesodot), and the Bonim Community Growth Incentive, which subsidizes tuition for families joining partner synagogues and moving into qualifying communities. Governance is provided by a Board of Trustees, with Rabbi Eliezer Rubin serving as Head of School and Doni Israeli as Chief Financial Operating Officer.

Name

Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School

Legal name

Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy

Website

https://rkyhs.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School (RKYHS), part of Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, is a private non-profit Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Livingston, New Jersey serving students from age three through 12th grade via a dual General and Judaic Studies curriculum, with the only N-12 Orthodox NJAIS accreditation in the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Private Jewish Day School Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools (EDAJABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools (EDACABAM)

Keywords

• Jewish day school education
• Judaic studies curriculum
• College preparatory programs
• Modern Orthodox education
• STEM education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Livingston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition: Primary revenue from tuition payments covering approximately 70% of actual educational costs. Tuition contracts are signed annually with families choosing from payment plans (Annual, Semi-Annual, Monthly). Financial assistance is available through multiple affordability programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, the high-school arm of the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy / Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School system, delivers a continuous Nursery-through-12th-grade Modern Orthodox Jewish day school education on a single Livingston, New Jersey campus. The school sells enrollment in four divisions (Early Childhood, Lower School, Middle School, RKYHS High School), each combining a college-preparatory General Studies curriculum with a parallel Judaic Studies program covering Hebrew, Gemara, Tanakh, rabbinics, and Tefillah. Auxiliary fee-based services include dedicated summer programming and supplementary academic supports such as the Learning Lab.

Product overview

Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School operates as part of the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy (JKHA/RKYHS), a Modern Orthodox co-educational Jewish day school offering comprehensive education from nursery through 12th grade. The institution provides a dual-curriculum combining General and Judaic Studies, organized into distinct divisions: Early Childhood (EC3-4, Gan/Kindergarten), Lower School (Grades 1-4), Middle School (Grades 5-8), and High School (Grades 9-12). The product portfolio includes core academic programs, specialized support services (Learning Lab, Guidance Department), enrichment programs (TREP$ entrepreneurship, SRTI research, Moadim L'STEAMcha), athletics, summer programs, and the SEED speaker series. The school leverages technology including PlusPortals for parent/student access, FACTS Tuition for financial management, and educational platforms for curriculum delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ATID Society: Annual giving society with tuition covering only 70% of actual cost to educate each student; ATID members help bridge the funding gap for the school
• Ohr HaATID Society
• Eva and Arie Halpern Merit Award
• SEED (Student Enrichment Education and Development)
• KushnerGRABS
• L'Dor Vador Courtyard
• Naomi Rosenfeld Kehillah Center
• Elisha Family Science Wing
• Mark Rosenberg Beit Midrash

Products and services

• JKHA Early Childhood Program (Nursery–Kindergarten) Full-day and half-day Nursery and Kindergarten program combining foundational General Studies with age-appropriate Judaic Studies (parsha, holidays, Hebrew), serving families with the youngest learners on the Livingston campus.
• JKHA Lower School (Grades 1–5)
• JKHA Middle School (Grades 6–8)
• Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School (Grades 9–12)
• SRTI – Student Research Training Institute
• Summer Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates accepted to colleges, universities, and prestigious Yeshivot and seminaries in Israel

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor community partner supporting Jewish day school education through the Greater MetroWest Day School Initiative, a collaborative investment with the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ and community donors to enhance academic excellence. The Federation coordinates programs including the Healthcare Foundation of NJ and Greater MetroWest Day School Initiative grants supporting school programming.
• Greater MetroWest Day School InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative investment program involving Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ, and community donors to enhance academic excellence across four Jewish day schools in the region. Supports professional development conferences, SEED speaker series, and various school programs.
• Participating Synagogues (Bonim Program)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of synagogues in the Greater MetroWest community partnering with JKHA/RKYHS for the Bonim Community Growth Incentive program, offering tuition benefits to families who join participating synagogues and move to qualifying communities.
• NETA Program (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)coreTechnology or IntegrationCurriculum partnership with Hebrew University of Jerusalem implementing the NETA innovative whole-language approach to Hebrew language instruction. Program provides intensive professional development, ongoing program assessment, and teacher mentoring for JKHA Middle School Hebrew teachers.
• Liberty Science CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for STEM education allowing RKYHS students to participate in Live From Surgery program observing real-time medical procedures at Morristown Medical Center
• New Jersey Academy of SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership where RKYHS SRTI student research groups presented at NJAS symposium; eight projects selected to advance to annual symposium at Kean University
• Yeshiva UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRKYHS Model UN team participates in Yeshiva University National Model United Nations conference annually, connecting with peers from yeshivas across the U.S. and around the world
• FACTS Tuition ServiceminorOthersThird-party tuition management service used for payment processing and financial assistance application verification

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Yeshivat Noam: Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Bergen County, NJ serving Nursery through Grade 8. Comparable as a New Jersey Modern Orthodox day school competing for the same regional Orthodox family demographic.
• Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR): Modern Orthodox Jewish day school serving early childhood through 12th grade on Long Island. Comparable in denomination, dual curriculum, and community-based operating model to JKHA/RKYHS.
• Ramaz School: Modern Orthodox Jewish day school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan offering Nursery through Grade 12 with rigorous dual curriculum. Closely comparable in religious denomination, grade span, and academic positioning to RKYHS.
• SAR Academy: Modern Orthodox co-educational Jewish day school in Riverdale, NY serving early childhood through 12th grade with a dual secular and Judaic curriculum. Highly comparable in mission, grade span, and program structure to JKHA/RKYHS, though larger and serving a different (NYC) catchment.
• Yeshivat Frisch: Modern Orthodox co-educational yeshiva high school in Paramus, NJ serving grades 9-12. Directly comparable as a regional Modern Orthodox high school competing for the same New Jersey Modern Orthodox demographic.
• Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls: Modern Orthodox yeshiva high school for girls in Teaneck, NJ. Directly comparable as a regional Modern Orthodox high school in New Jersey competing for similar families.
• Bruriah/Yeshivat Shulamit: Modern Orthodox Jewish high schools for girls in Newark/East Orange, NJ. Comparable regional Modern Orthodox high school competitor in the New Jersey market.
• Moriah School: Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Englewood, NJ serving early childhood through Grade 8. Comparable as a New Jersey Modern Orthodox day school with similar tuition-dependent operating model.

Others

• Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ: Federation partner and convener of the Greater MetroWest Day School Initiative involving four local Jewish day schools. Relevant as an ecosystem orchestrator and a key funding/coordination partner for JKHA/RKYHS rather than a competitor.
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem (NETA Program): Academic partner licensing the NETA Hebrew language curriculum to JKHA/RKYHS and providing teacher professional development. Comparable only as a curriculum/enabling partner, not as a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/kushneracademy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/rae-kushner-yeshiva-high-school-72

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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