Newark High School (Delaware)

Newark High School
Address
Map
750 East Delaware Avenue

,
Delaware
19711

United States
Coordinates39°40′48″N 75°44′20″W / 39.68000°N 75.73889°W / 39.68000; -75.73889
Information
TypePublic secondary
MottoExcellence is the Expectation
Established1893 (131 years ago) (1893)
School districtChristina School District
PrincipalTina Pinkett (2022 - Present)
Teaching staff65.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,105 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.00[1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Black and gold
  
Athletics24 varsity sports (1 club sport)[citation needed]
Athletics conferenceBlue Hen Conference - Flight A
MascotYellowjacket (named Buzz)
YearbookKrawen
Websitewww.christinak12.org/NewarkHigh

Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware, and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the state, graduating its first class of students in 1893. In 2009, it saw its 20,000th student graduate.

Newark has been named by Newsweek magazine as one of their "Top Schools in America." In 2006 Newark was ranked #521,[2] in 2007 it was #271,[2] and in 2008 it was #1041.[3] This list represents the top 5% of the schools in the nation based on the number of AP, IB, and Cambridge exams taken divided by students graduating. The school was also named a GRAMMY Signature School in 2010 by the GRAMMY Foundation[4] for its outstanding commitment to music education. Newark won the DIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

The school serves a portion of Wilmington.[5] In the suburbs it serves almost all of Newark, most of Brookside, and the Christina School District portions of North Star, Pike Creek, and Pike Creek Valley.[6][7] Within Wilmington it serves the Church Street Historic District.[8]

  1. ^ a b c "Newark High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com
  3. ^ America's Top Public High Schools
  4. ^ GRAMMY Foundation
  5. ^ "Urban High Schools" (PDF). Christina School District. 2011-06-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
    Older map: "City of Wilmington Feeder Pattern, Grades 9-12". Christina School District. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2002-11-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  7. ^ "Suburban High Schools" (PDF). Christina School District. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
    Earlier map: "Christina School District Suburban Feeder Pattern, Grades 9-12". Christina School District. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2002-11-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  8. ^ "Church Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-07-04. 718-720 Church Street