Northeastern High School (Indiana)

Northeastern High School
Northeastern High School
Location
	7295 North US 27; Fountain City , Wayne County , Indiana 47341; United States
Coordinates	39°56′05″N84°54′44″W / 39.9347°N 84.9123°W
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1969
School district	Northeastern Wayne Schools
Teaching staff	27.00 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	443 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	16.41
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Tri-Eastern
Team name	Knights
Website	Official website

Last updated April 14, 2025

Northeastern High School is a small high school located near Fountain City in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. Founded in 1967, it serves the communities of Fountain City, Webster, Whitewater and Williamsburg.

Athletics

Northeastern participates in the Tri-Eastern Conference of which it has been a member since 1974. Previously, it was a member of the Mid-Eastern Conference from 1967 to 1974. NHS enjoys a fierce conference rivalry with three other Wayne County schools (Centerville, Hagerstown and Lincoln). In the 2013–2014 season, the Knights won their first boys' basketball conference title since 1985-86 and also their first ever boys' basketball sectional title.

NHS previously held the "longest high school football losing streak in Indiana history", losing 46 games consecutively from 1985 to 1990.^[2]

Mergers

School	Mascot	Year closed and merged into
Fountain City	Little Giants	1964 Whitewater-Fountain City
Webster	Pirates	1964 Webster-Williamsburg
Whitewater	Bears	1964 Whitewater-Fountain City
Williamsburg	Yellow Jackets	1964 Webster-Williamsburg
Webster-Williamsburg	Yellow Jackets	1967 Northeastern
Whitewater-Fountain City	Bearcats	1967 Northeastern

Notable alumni

Rich Mullins (1955-1997), contemporary Christian music singer
Amy Wright (basketball) (1980-), Long Beach State (LBSU) women's basketball head coach (2023-current)

References

1 2 3 "Northeastern High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
↑ "Northeastern High School in Fountain City, Ind., owner of..." Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1990. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

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[NCES-1] 1 2 3 "Northeastern High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[losingstreak-2] "Northeastern High School in Fountain City, Ind., owner of..." Chicago Tribune. October 7, 1990. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

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