{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Neenah High School | logo = Neenah high logo.jpg | logo_size = | motto = | location = 500 Rocket Way | city = Neenah | county = <!-- Winnebago County--> | state = Wisconsin | zipcode = <!--54956--> | country = U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|44|11|45|N|88|31|08|W|display=inline,title}} | type = Public | established = <!-- {{start date and age|1877}} --> | district = Neenah Joint S.D. | oversight = | principal = Brian Wunderlich | faculty = | grades = 9–12 | athletics = WIAA – Div. 1 | athletic_conference = Fox Valley Association | mascot = Rocket | nickname = | newspaper = [http://neenahsatellite.com/ Satellite] | yearbook = The Rocket | website = [https://nhs.neenah.k12.wi.us/ Neenah High School] | picture = Neenah High School 2023.jpg | picture_caption = The new campus at 500 Rocket Way | assistant_principals = | ratio = 17.08<ref name=NCES/> | staff = 113.80 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 1,944 (2023-2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5510320&ID=551032001348|title=Neenah High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 15, 2024}}</ref> | colors = Red & black {{color box|red}} {{color box|black}} | rivals = Menasha | feeder_schools = Neenah Middle School | senior class president = <!-- | free_label = Elevation | free_text = {{convert|770|ft|-1|abbr=on}} AMSL --> }} thumb|Neenah High School, 19th century. '''Neenah High School''' is a public high school located in Neenah, Wisconsin. It is the only traditional high school of the Neenah Joint School District. As of fall 2008, approximately 2250 students were enrolled in grades 9 through 12, making it one of the largest schools in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neenah.k12.wi.us/|title=Welcome to the official website of the Neenah Joint School District|publisher=Neenah Joint School District|accessdate=May 21, 2009}}</ref> The school colors are red and white and the mascot is a rocket.
== History == Originally named Armstrong High School after Neil Armstrong, the current high school building was built in the 1970s. A middle school (Conant Jr High School) on the same campus, constructed in the late 1960s, was made a part of Armstrong in the 1980s, prompting a name change to Neenah High School. A third building connecting the two ("The Link"), was built in the middle 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miracle |first1=Evan |title=A Brief History of the Men Who Built NHS |url=https://neenahsatellite.com/17913/features/a-brief-history-of-the-men-who-built-nhs/ |website=Neenah Satellite |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> A successful 2020 referendum budgeted $115 million for a new high school to be built in the town of Neenah, although the village of Fox Crossing later annexed the land. The new high school opened for the 2023-2024 school year. The old high school was converted into a new middle school for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, thus replacing Shattuck Middle School; it closed in June 2023<ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Samantha |title=Neenah Joint School District voters support $115M referendum, making it the largest in Fox Valley history |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2020/04/13/neenah-joint-school-district-voters-support-115-m-referendum-making-largest-successful-request-fox-v/5124916002/ |website=Appleton Post-Crescent |publisher=Gannett |accessdate=October 22, 2020 |date=April 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Crossing annexes new Neenah High School site |url=https://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-crossing-annexes-new-neenah-high-school-site |website=WLUK |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group |accessdate=October 22, 2020 |date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> and sold to an investor in August 2023 to be converted to residential apartments.<ref>{{Cite news |last=staff |first=WBAY news |date=August 16, 2023 |title=Neenah school board sells Shattuck Middle School to local investor |language=en |url=https://www.wbay.com/2023/08/16/neenah-school-board-sells-shattuck-middle-school-property-local-investor/ |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> Prior to becoming a junior high, the Shattuck campus was NHS for a half century.
== Academics == Before the 2019–2020 school year, NHS switched from a traditional daily schedule to a block schedule.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Jason |title=District Considers Changes for 2019-'20 School Year |url=https://neenahsatellite.com/17862/showcase/administration-considers-changes-for-2019-20-school-year/ |website=Neenah Satellite |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> Advanced Placement classes are offered at Neenah, and about 30 percent of students take an AP exam.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neenah High Test Scores |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/neenah-joint-school-district/neenah-high-21796/test-scores |website=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
== Extracurricular activities ==
=== Athletics === thumb|left|The Ron Einerson fieldhouse during the 2019 graduation ceremony. Rockets athletic teams have a rivalry with nearby high school Kimberly.<ref>{{cite web |title=High school football: Neenah, Kimberly set to renew old rivalry |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2018/09/20/high-school-football-neenah-kimberly-set-renew-old-rivalry/1353206002/ |website=Appleton Post-Crescent |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> The Rockets' boys' basketball team finished second in Division I at the state basketball tournament in 2014.<ref name="PostCrescent2014Basketball">{{cite news|title=WIAA basketball: Neenah falls to Germantown in Division 1 state championship|url=http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140315/APC020502/303150458/WIAA-basketball-Neenah-falls-Germantown-D1-state-title-game-video-story|accessdate=March 16, 2014|newspaper=Appleton Post-Crescent|date=March 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080811/http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140315/APC020502/303150458/WIAA-basketball-Neenah-falls-Germantown-D1-state-title-game-video-story|archivedate=September 24, 2015}}</ref> The team made three consecutive returns to the Division I state tournament in the 2020's, winning outright in 2022 against Brookfield Central, and losing in the first round to Arrowhead in 2023 and 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://neenahsatellite.com/24555/sports/boys-basketball-players-reflect-on-uphill-battles-during-season-4th-state-title-in-team-history/ | title=Boys' Basketball Players Reflect on Uphill Battles During Season, 4th State Title in Team History | date=March 24, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.maxpreps.com/wi/neenah/neenah-rockets/basketball/ | title=Neenah High School (WI) Varsity Basketball }}</ref> The Girls' Basketball team also took second in the Division I state tournament in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.maxpreps.com/wi/neenah/neenah-rockets/basketball/girls/schedule/ | title=Schedule - Neenah Rockets (Neenah, WI) Girls Varsity Basketball 24-25 }}</ref> The boys' cross country team won the state championship in 1963, and 2018.<ref>{{cite book |title=2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program |date=November 2, 2019 |publisher=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association |location=Wisconsin Rapids, WI |page=25}}</ref>
=== Performing arts === Neenah has two competitive show choirs, an advanced group called Vintage and an intermediate group called Act II. Additionally Neenah High School has one advanced orchestra group known as Touch of Class, a group which often performs around the Fox Valley and abroad<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/school.php?id=61|title=SCC: Viewing School - Neenah High School|website=www.showchoir.com|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>
== Media == Neenah High was featured on an episode of the MTV television series ''If You Really Knew Me'' which aired on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title="If You Really Knew Me" Neenah High: Neenah, WI (TV episode 2010) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1694292/ |website=IMDb |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
== Notable alumni == {{Alumni|date=May 2026}} * William Draheim, Democratic and Republican state legislator * Luke Elkin, NFL long snapper for the Chicago Bears<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=John |title=Former Neenah standout Luke Elkin hoping to long snap his way to the NFL |url=https://www.nbc26.com/sports/former-neenah-standout-luke-elkin-hoping-to-long-snap-his-way-to-the-nfl |website=NBC26.com |date=15 April 2025 |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref> * Nate Gustafson, Republican state legislator * Zuhdi Jasser, medical doctor, activist, policy board member *Phil Johnston (filmmaker), screenwriter of Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.ci.neenah.wi.us/committees.nsf/0/d0e400cf3cbcc3998625810c00720883/$FILE/4%20170503%20Council%20Min.pdf|title=COMMON COUNCIL MINUTES|last=|first=|date=May 3, 2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> * Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, Super Bowl XXIV * Kris Kelderman college and professional soccer defender and head coach for the Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer team * Max Klesmit, college basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Klesmit College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/max-klesmit-1.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> * Peter Konz, Center for the Atlanta Falcons * Wayne Kreklow, guard for the Boston Celtics * Suzanne Loker, professor of textile science and apparel design * David Martin, Republican state legislator * Frederick Petersen, physiotherapist and Republican state legislator * John Schneller, End for the Detroit Lions * Donna J. Seidel, police officer and Democratic state legislator * John Harrison Wharton, architect of Intel's Intel MCS-51 instruction set * John Whitlinger, professional tennis player and collegiate tennis coach * Allie Ziebell, college basketball player for the Connecticut Huskies<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/allie-ziebell/14972 |title=Allie Ziebell |website=uconnhuskies.com |access-date=December 27, 2025}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{official website|https://nhs.neenah.k12.wi.us/}} *[https://www.neenah.k12.wi.us/ Neenah Joint School District website] *[http://www.fvaathletics.org/ Fox Valley Association website] *[http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/neenah-rockets-(neenah,wi)/home.htm Max Preps] – Neenah Rockets
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