David Brearley High School

David Brearley High School
Address
401 Monroe Avenue

, ,
07033

United States
Coordinates40°40′46″N 74°17′50″W / 40.679461°N 74.297333°W / 40.679461; -74.297333
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1966 (as David Brearley Regional High School); 1997 (as David Brearley Middle-High School)
School districtKenilworth Public Schools
NCES School ID340792000209
PrincipalJohn Perillo
Faculty72.3 FTEs
Grades912
Enrollment778 (as of 2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio10.8:1
Color(s)  Navy and
  Gold
Athletics conferenceUnion County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (general)
Big Central Football Conference (football)
Team nameBears
NewspaperThe Bear Print
Websitewww.kenilworthschools.com/schools/david_brearly_high_school

David Brearley High School is a four-year comprehensive public middle - high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Kenilworth in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Kenilworth Public Schools. The school is named for David Brearley, a signer of the United States Constitution.

Students from Winfield Township attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Winfield Township School District.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 778 students and 72.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1. There were 135 students (17.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 59 (7.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at David Brearley High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Available slots are announced annually by grade. Prospective Choice participants must be residents of Union County eligible for placement in grades 7-10 who were enrolled in a public school during the full year prior to entry to the Kenilworth Public Schools.