Barringer High School

Barringer High School operates as a well-populated senior high in NEWARK, New Jersey, overseen by Newark Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,894 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Barringer High School sits 104% above that benchmark.

Across the 65 schools in Newark Public School District (41,502 students total), Barringer High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barringer High School logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 13% Black. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Barringer High School has 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Barringer High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.5%; this one comes in at 2.8%, -30.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Barringer High School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Franklin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barringer High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barringer High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Barringer High School's enrollment has rose 162% since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 1,894). Black enrollment moved from 40% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.