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Enrollment
1,894
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002190
Barringer High School
90 PARKER ST, NEWARK, NJ 07104 · (973) 268-5125 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,894 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New Jersey public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
1,130 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 414 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 484 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 522 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 474 | 25% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
5.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
2.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.4% | 2.1% |
| 2023-24 | 4.4% | 0.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
2.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barringer High School
Barringer High School's state test result (2.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barringer High School this school | 1,894 | 59.7% | 2.8% |
| Eastside High School PATERSON | 2,073 | 58.3% | 3.2% |
| Hackensack High School HACKENSACK | 1,813 | 63.7% | 26.3% |
| Dover High School DOVER | 1,167 | 59.3% | 20.4% |
| John F. Kennedy High School PATERSON | 1,846 | 60.2% | 4.8% |
| North Bergen High School N BERGEN | 2,328 | 66.1% | 18.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barringer High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #395 of 397 | #39 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.1% | #390 of 400 ▲ 2 | #38 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.4% | #391 of 395 ▲ 3 | #38 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,894 | #40 of 442 | #8 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #375 of 388 | #34 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #366 of 389 | #35 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #109 of 405 | #25 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +162.0% | #3 of 173 | #1 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,894
+294 (+18%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 1,332
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,894 | 110 | 17.2:1 | 60% (1,130) |
| 2023-24 | 1,872 | 115.5 | 16.2:1 | 56% (1,044) |
| 2022-23 | 1,734 | 113.5 | 15.3:1 | 72% (1,250) |
| 2020-21 | 1,600 | 117 | 13.7:1 | 57% (913) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 65% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 53 | 11.5:1 | 71% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 1,476 | 95 | 15.5:1 | 69% (1,022) |
| 2000-01 | 1,672 | 114 | 14.7:1 | 55% (916) |
| 1990-91 | 1,332 | 114 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barringer High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 162% (723 to 1,894); teachers up 144% (45 to 110).
About Barringer High School
Barringer High School is a high school in NEWARK, New Jersey, according to federal school records. Its enrollment is 1,894 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in New Jersey average about 929 students, which makes this school 104% bigger than average.
Newark Public School District enrolls 41,502 students in 65 schools, including Barringer High School.
Of every 100 students at Barringer High School, about 85 are Hispanic. Other students are 13% Black. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all Essex County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
There are 110 full-time-equivalent teachers at Barringer High School, giving a ratio of 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for high schools in New Jersey. By family income, 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Barringer High School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of New Jersey public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Barringer High School posts 2.8% against a 33.5% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New Jersey.
For the population of Essex County, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Essex County, 249 public schools serve about 145,473 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Franklin Elementary School, is the closest to Barringer High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Barringer High School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 18%, from 1,600 to 1,894. By 2024-25, the school had 17.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
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- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,051 students
Other schools in NEWARK
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- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary School0.3 mi · 725
- Branch Brook School0.4 mi · 60
- Early Childhood School - North0.4 mi · 1,076
- McKinley Elementary School0.4 mi · 917
- Dr. E. Alma Flagg School0.4 mi · 570
- Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School0.5 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Barringer High SchoolHow many students attend Barringer High School?
Barringer High School enrolls approximately 1,894 students in grades 09-12.
Is Barringer High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barringer High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barringer High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barringer High School is approximately 17.2:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barringer High School?
At Barringer High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Barringer High School public or private?
Barringer High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.