Béla Bartók High School

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

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.

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.