Barringer High School

Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities
Address
Map
90 Parker Street

, ,
07104

United States
Coordinates40°45′24″N 74°10′45″W / 40.756539°N 74.179286°W / 40.756539; -74.179286
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1838; 186 years ago (1838)
School districtNewark Public Schools
NCES School ID341134002190[1]
PrincipalNatasha Pared
Faculty113.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,734 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.3:1[1]
LanguageEnglish
AreaUrban
Color(s)  Royal Blue and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameBlue Bears[2]
RivalEast Orange Campus High School
Websitewww.nps.k12.nj.us/barringer/

Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities (formerly Barringer High School and Newark High School), is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. Some consider it to be the third oldest public high school in the United States. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1981.[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,734 students and 113.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.3:1. There were 1,142 students (65.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 108 (6.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Barringer High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Barringer High School Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed June 28, 2011.