Béla Bartók High School

Béla Bartók High School (Hungarian: Bartók Béla Líceum; Romanian: Liceul Teoretic Bartók Béla) is a Hungarian-language high school located at 11A General Ion Dragalina Boulevard, Timișoara, Romania.

Béla Bartók High School Bartók Béla Líceum Liceul Teoretic Bartók Béla
Location
Bulevardul General Ion Dragalina, Nr. 11A Timișoara , Timiș County Romania
Coordinates	45°44′39″N 21°12′39″E
Information
Type	Theoretical high school
Established	1932 (1932)
Authority	Ministry of National Education
Principal	Ildikó Erdei
Staff	75 (2021/2022)
Enrollment	626 (2021/2022)
Language	Hungarian
Website	www.bartok.ro

History

The building of the current high school was designed in 1932 by architect László Székely as a confessional school of the Roman Catholic church in Iosefin. After the education reform of 1948, the building was expropriated, and a Hungarian-language county education center was established in the building, which was abolished in 1956. It was not until 1971 that it was reconstituted as a high school of mathematics and physics in Hungarian. In the 1980s the communists tried to eliminate the national specificity by introducing the Romanian classes. After 1990 it became a theoretical high school and was given the name Béla Bartók, after Sânnicolau Mare-born composer and pianist.

Students

As of 2021–2022, the institution includes three kindergarten groups, 10 primary school classes, 8 middle school classes and 12 high school classes, totaling 626 students. The high school classes have four accredited specializations:

• mathematics and computer science (real profile);
• natural sciences (real profile);
• social sciences (humanist profile);
• technician in economic activities (service profile).

Over 30% of its students come from families where Hungarian is not spoken.