Barrington High School (Barrington, Rhode Island)
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Barrington High School
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220 Lincoln Avenue Barrington, Rhode Island 02806 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′50″N 71°19′13″W / 41.7473236°N 71.3203290°WCoordinates: 41°44′50″N 71°19′13″W / 41.7473236°N 71.3203290°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1951 |
| School district | Barrington Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Michael Messore |
| CEEB code | 400000 |
| Principal | Joseph Hurley |
| Faculty | 133 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1028 (2015) |
| Campus size | 28 acres (11 ha) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
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| Mascot | Eagle |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Yearbook | The Arrow |
| Feeder schools | Barrington Middle School |
| Website | School website |
Barrington High School (formerly known as West Barrington Senior High School) is a public high school located in Barrington, a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Barrington High School is the singular high school of the Barrington Public Schools district, enrolling 1028 students in grades 9-12. Barrington High School's school colors are blue and gold, and its mascot is the Eagle.
During the early 1950s, Barrington's population began to grow as a result of the increasing availability of the automobile and the baby boom. Barrington High School was the first of many public schools constructed during this period to accommodate the now larger populace.
Barrington High School has been noted for academic success; U.S. News and World Report ranked Barrington as the best high school in Rhode Island. In its 2014 list of "America's Top High Schools", Newsweek ranked Barrington High School as No. 200 out of an analysis of 500 schools across the United States.
In 1870, a Brown University alumnus named Isaac F. Cady established the Prince Hill Family and Day School. After the school closed in 1880, the now unused building was put to use as the first public school of Barrington in 1884; the school later moved to the recently constructed town hall in 1888. In 1916, the grounds for a new high school were donated by Sarah Gould Peck in memory of her late husband, Leander R. Peck, a wealthy wool salesman and longtime Barrington resident. After a year of construction, Leander R. Peck Memorial School was opened on September 14, 1917. The Leander R. Peck Memorial School was used as Barrington's high school from 1917 until 1951, expanded in 1925 and again in 1935.
During the 1950s, Barrington's population grew as a result of the post-World War II baby boom and the increasing availability of the automobile. To facilitate the education of this increased population, new public schools were constructed throughout the 1950s. Barrington High School was constructed in 1951, the first of the modern Barrington public schools. In 1964, a construction project doubled the size of the original building; twenty years later, the library was expanded in addition to renovation of the art and science rooms. In 1999, the school completed a $14.25 million (equivalent to $20 million in 2016) expansion/renovation project, which included new classrooms, administration and guidance offices, a renovated auditorium, and several other expansions/renovations throughout the building.
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