Barringer High School

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, New Jersey, United States, 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.[4]

Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities
Address
90 Parker Street

Newark
,
Essex County
,
New Jersey
07104

United States
Coordinates40.756539°N 74.179286°W / 40.756539; -74.179286
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1838 (1838)
School districtNewark Public Schools
NCES School ID3411340[1]
PrincipalJose Aviles[2]
Faculty56.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,263 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.6:1[1]
LanguageEnglish
AreaUrban
Color(s)  Royal Blue and
  white[3]
Team nameBlue Bears[3]
Websitewww.nps.k12.nj.us/barringer/

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,263 students and 56.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.6:1. There were 796 students (63.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 24 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

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.[5] 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.[6] The magazine ranked the school 306th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 303rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

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.[9][10]

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.[10]

Athletics

The Barringer High School Blue Bears[3] compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[11] 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.[12] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division B of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which was made up of high schools located in Bergen County, Essex County and Passaic County, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification.[13] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020.[14]

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.[15]

The boys track team won the spring track state championship in Group IV in 1933 and 1934.[16]

The boys fencing team was the overall state co-champion in 1969 with Essex Catholic High School.[17]

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.[18][19]

The boys basketball team won the 1980 Group IV state championship, defeating Trenton Central High School in the tournament final.[20]

Notable alumni
Moe Berg
Hall of Famer Andre Tippett

Arts and literature

Sports

Government

Other

References
  1. School data for Barringer Academy Of S.T.E.A.M., National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Administrative Team, Barringer High School. Accessed July 23, 2019.
  3. Barringer High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
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  8. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. Our History, Barringer High School. Accessed July 23, 2019.
  10. History of Barringer High School, Barringer High School Alumni Association. Accessed November 15, 2016.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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  14. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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  16. NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA History of Boys Fencing Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. "Livingston Bows to Barringer", The New York Times, December 7, 1975. Accessed January 2, 2021. "A bungled snap from center on an extra‐point try prevented Livingston High School from gaining a tie yesterday and the team lost a 14–13 decision to Newark Barringer in the North Jersey Section 2, Group 4, championship football game before 7,500 spectators in Livingston.... Barringer, finishing with a 9–1–1 won‐lost‐tied record, scored in the first half on Charles White's 1‐yard sneak and his 39‐yard pass to George Persons."
  20. History of NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  21. Message from Amiri Baraka, New Jersey and Newark Schools' Poet Laureate, dated July 1, 2003, accessed April 13, 2007. "Now, in an attempt to prevent my appearance at Barringer High School (my alma mater) June 30, to give the Commencement Address, they threatened to picket Barringer and otherwise cause disruption."
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  24. Bodian, Nat. Ted Fiorito: The Newark Son of Italian Immigrants who Became One of Greats of American Music Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Virtual Newark. Accessed October 21, 2015. "By the time Ted had reached high school age in 1914, the family was living at 185 Bruce Street, and his ASCAP bio shows that he was 'educated at Barringer High School'."
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  27. Araton, Harvey. "A Fearless Prediction by Yanks' Cano", The New York Times, October 9, 2010. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Cano finished eighth grade and enrolled at Barringer High School, but he failed to make it through his freshman year or to play an inning of high school baseball in New Jersey."
  28. Iowa Board of Parole Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014, Iowa Board of Parole. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Norm Granger, Vice Chair. Appointed to the Board of Parole in 2014. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. Graduated from Barringer High School in 1980."
  29. Litsky, Frank. "Giants' Shaw Eager To Work", The New York Times, November 27, 1983. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Shaw has had few breakdowns like that, in or out of football. He was born and raised in Newark, where he played for Barringer High School."
  30. Bergeron, Tom. "Andre Tippett's journey to Pro Football Hall of Fame began in Newark", NJ.com, August 2, 2008. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Frank Verducci first laid eyes on Andre Tippett during the summer of 1974, when Tippett and his mother dropped by Newark's Barringer High School to file paperwork for him to transfer into the school."
  31. "Resolution Adopted by the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States to Record Our Deep Respect and Affection for Justice William J. Brennan Jr.", Brennan Center. Accessed November 15, 2016. "The Justice graduated from Barringer High School in 1924."
  32. Schwaneberg, Robert. "Education building honors a champion: Rights lawyer Carter argued Brown case" Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, copy of article from The Star-Ledger, November 21, 2006, at the Warren County Education Association. Accessed March 5, 2012. "Born in Florida, Carter was 6 weeks old when his family moved to Newark. He attended Barringer High School in Newark and East Orange High School, graduating at age 16 after skipping two grades."
  33. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, p. 383. Accessed April 22, 2020. "Michael A. Giuliano (Rep., Newark) - Senator Giuliano was born in Newark on June 13, 1915. He received his education at Barringer High School, Newark, and Rutgers University, Newark."
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  40. Shearn, Ian T. "Scrapbook of Extremes A refugee from the Liberian civil war, MacDella Cooper became a fashion professional and started a foundation to aid Liberian orphans. Now her life of ups and downs has taken another unusual turn.", New Jersey Monthly, June 8, 2009. Accessed July 25, 2019. "The teens moved in with their mother in the Garden Spires housing project in Newark, where drugs and violence were rampant. Cooper entered Barringer High School, where during her first week, a student was shot in the hallway."
  41. August Meier Papers - Part 1 (1930 - 1998), Newark Archives Project. Accessed January 13, 2021. "Born in Newark in 1923, he was a graduate of Barringer High School."
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