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Barringer High School

90 Parker St, Newark, NJ, 07104-1028 -

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Definition of Terms

Barringer High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Essex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1950 students

% Male / % Female

55% / 45%

Total Classroom Teachers

134 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 442 students

Grade 10 - 457 students

Grade 11 - 384 students

Grade 12 - 347 students

Grade Not Listed - 320 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	7%
% Hispanic	66%	15%
% Black	32%	17%
% White	1%	61%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

35%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Newark City School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	75	5
Number of Students Managed	42,555 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$956,412,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$959,550,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$22,475	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$22,548	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	80%	81%

Newark school counselor gets jail for torching BMW in Weequahic Park (The Star-Ledger)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:47:21 pm
NEWARK -- A Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced to a year in jail today for torching his BMW, as well as a friend’s, as part of a scheme to defraud insurers, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. John...
New Jersey teachers shift to physics to address shortage (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:17:54 am
NEWARK -- Emmanuel Ikheloa stood at the front of a Newark classroom, carefully measuring a glass marble and a metal spring. Then, with a "ready, set, go!" he flicked the trigger on a table-top marble launcher and sent the small...
Former Weequahic High School football star dies after shooting in Newark park (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 11:32:58 pm
Jamaal Perry, 21, dies from a gunshot wound to the head. Former Weequahic teammate Leland Alexander remains in critical condition.
Former Weequahic High School star quarterback is one of two shot in Newark (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 09:47:12 pm
Three years ago, Jamaal Perry led Weequahic to the school's first state sectional football title in more than three decades
Newark group targets teens in start-up after-school program (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 8, 2009 at 12:17:42 am
Dry on funds, inner-city natives hope to transform factory into safe, educational haven for middle schoolers

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Barringer High School, formerly Newark High School, is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Newark Public Schools. Some consider it to be the third oldest public high school in the United States.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,032 students and 112 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 18.1.
The school was the 306th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 303rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
History
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.
In 1875, Dr. William N. Barringer was hired to succeed Mr. 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 now the 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.
Baltimore City College and BHS
If one dates Barringer to the 1838 founding of the school by Nathan Hedges, then Barringer would be the third oldest public high school in the United States. Others maintain that while Nathan Hedges opened his doors to students in 1838, Newark's first High School was not chartered until 1855 and that Barringer High School was not chartered until 1899. If Barringer is dated to 1855 or 1899, Baltimore City College, founded in 1839, would be the nation's third-oldest high school.
Notable alumni
External links
Barringer High School web pages
Newark Public Schools
History of Barringer High School
Data for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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