Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities | |
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90 Parker Street , , 07104 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°45′24″N74°10′45″W / 40.756539°N 74.179286°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1838 |
School district | Newark Public Schools |
NCES School ID | 341134002190 [1] |
Principal | Natasha Pared |
Faculty | 115.5 FTEs [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,872 (as of 2023–24) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.2:1 [1] |
Language | English |
Area | Urban |
Color(s) | Royal Blue and white [2] |
Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
Team name | Blue Bears [2] |
Rival | East Orange Campus High School |
Website | www |
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 is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools until July 2031 and has been accredited since 1981. [3]
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,872 students and 115.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.2:1. There were 969 students (51.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 75 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]
The school was the 327th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. [4] The school had been ranked 313th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 311th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. [5] The magazine ranked the school 306th in 2008 out of 316 schools. [6] The school was ranked 303rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [7]
In 1838, Nathan Hedges opened a high school in a building on Bank Street. On January 7, 1853, a three-story building was opened at the corner of Washington and Linden and had an enrollment of 498 boys and girls. [8] [9]
In 1875, Dr. William N. Barringer was hired to succeed George B. Sears as superintendent of schools. Dr. Barringer oversaw the construction of a second high school building at a cost of $300,000, which is the site of the current faculty parking lot. Construction started in 1878 and was completed in 1899. In 1907, the name of Newark High School was officially changed to Barringer, in honor of Dr. Barringer. [9]
The Barringer High School Blue Bears [2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. [10] With 1,115 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. [11] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division B of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which included high schools located in Bergen, Essex and Passaic counties, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification. [12] The football team competes in the Liberty White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. [13] [14] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 1,317 to 5,409 students. [15]
The school's football rivalry with East Orange Campus High School, which dates back to a Thanksgiving Day game played in 1897, was listed at 7th on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". [16] East Orange leads the rivalry with a 63-39-9 overall record as of 2023. [17]
In 1918, during future major league baseball player Moe Berg's senior season, the Newark Star-Eagle selected a nine-man "dream team" from the city's best prep and public high school baseball players, and Berg was named the team's third baseman.
The boys track team won the indoor track public school state championship in 1930, 1934 and 1939. [18]
The boys track team won the spring / outdoor track state championship in Group IV in 1933 and 1934. [19]
The boys fencing team was the overall state co-champion in 1969 with Essex Catholic High School after both teams had overall records of 45–9 in competition; Barringer won the team foil competition. [20] [21]
The 1975 football team finished the season with a 9–1–1 record after winning the North II Group IV state sectional title with a 14–13 victory against Livingston High School in the championship game played in front of a crowd of 7,500. [22] [23]
The 1980 boys basketball team finished the season with a 26–4 record after winning the Group IV state championship, defeating Trenton Central High School by a score of 68–56 in the tournament final. [24] [25]
As of September 2023, the school's principal is Natasha Pared. [26] Her core administrative team includes five vice principals along with department chairpersons assisting in administrative roles as well. [27]
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