Barringer High School

Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities
Location
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 (1838)
School districtNewark Public Schools
NCES School ID341134002190
PrincipalNatasha Pared
Faculty110.0 FTEs
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,894 (as of 2024–25)
Student to teacher ratio17.2:1
LanguageEnglish
AreaUrban
Colors  Royal Blue and
  white
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameBlue Bears
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 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.

As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,894 students and 110.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1. There were 1,048 students (55.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 82 (4.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.