Lincoln Northeast High School is a public high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools district and was established in 1941 when three rival schools (Bethany, Havelock and Jackson) were combined into one. The school is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and has been rated "AA" by the Nebraska Department of Education since 1943.
Mascot The school's athletic teams are known as the Rockets. The name was originally taken from the Rock Island Rocket, a passenger train that once passed through northeast Lincoln. In the 1960s, a decommissioned Nike Ajax missile was donated to the school and placed on the front lawn. The missile was repeatedly stolen and recovered; in 1990, it disappeared permanently. In 2016, members of the booster club raised $55,000 for a new , rocket sculpture.Reist, Margaret. "Northeast alumni on a mission to 'raise the rocket. Lincoln Journal Star. March 21, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2017.Reist, Margaret. "Northeast dedicates 10,000-pound rocket as new mascot". Lincoln Journal Star. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
Athletics Lincoln Northeast teams have won state championships in the following years: Baseball - 1957 Boys' basketball - 1949, 1950, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Girls' basketball - 2005 Bowling - 2003, 2004, 2006 Unified bowling - 2023 Cross country - 1971 Football - 1943, 1950, 1962, 1972 (tie) Gymnastics - 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 Boys' golf - 1965 Volleyball - 1981, 1984, 1991, 1998.
Notable alumni William L. Armstrong, U.S. Representative and Senator from Colorado Shawn Bouwens, professional football player for Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars Joba Chamberlain, professional baseball player, pitcher for Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees Gene V. Glass, statistician who coined term "meta-analysis" Trevor Johnson, professional football player for New York Jets Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey, Medal of Honor recipient; President of The New School in New York City; Governor of Nebraska; U.S. Senator from Nebraska; 1992 Democratic Presidential candidate Peggy Liddick, Australian women's national gymnastics coach Mike Lux, co-founder and president of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C. Danny Noonan, professional football player for Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers Erwin Swiney, professional football player for Green Bay Packers.
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