Neuqua Valley High School
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2360 95th Street Naperville, Illinois 60564 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°42′27″N 88°11′46″W / 41.70762°N 88.196011°W |
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| School type | Public secondary |
| Opened | 1997 |
| School district | Indian Prairie S.D. 204 |
| Superintendent | Karen Sullivan |
| Principal | Robert McBride |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 3885 (2014–15) |
| Average class size | 27.7 |
| Campus | suburban |
| School color(s) |
Blue Gold |
| Athletics conference | Dupage Valley Conference |
| Mascot | Willie The Wildcat |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Average ACT scores | 25.6 |
| Publication | The Essence |
| Newspaper | The Echo |
| Yearbook | Neshnabec |
| Website | nvhs |
Neuqua Valley High School (NVHS) is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Illinois Route 59 and 95th Street in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Neuqua Valley is the counterpart to Waubonsie Valley High School and Metea Valley High School, in Indian Prairie School District 204.
The campus consists of two locations. The Birkett Freshman Center building houses freshmen. The Main Campus, the original building, houses sophomores ,juniors ,and seniors.
The original Neuqua Valley campus building was opened in August 1997, and was built to house 3000 students.
The middle school conversion was done for the 2003–2004 academic year in an effort to alleviate overcrowding. The "Frontier Campus" allowed seniors to receive dual credit for classes from the College of DuPage. These students attended class in block sessions with no classes on Friday. It allowed for independence and freedom. Seniors from Waubonsie Valley High School also participated in the program. The Frontier Campus option was closed in 2012.
The lake behind the school is known as "Lake Birkett", in honor of the school's first principal, Kathryn Birkett, who also served as the district's superintendent until 2014.
Neuqua Valley was designed by the architecture firm ATS&R.
In 2011, Neuqua Valley had an average composite ACT score of 25.2, and graduated 99.1% of its senior class.
In 2013, US News ranked Neuqua Valley 563rd in their annual list of the top American public high schools. However, Neuqua Valley has not met federal education standards under the No Child Left Behind law.
In November 2011, Neuqua Valley High School was ranked 11th in the "Top 50 High Schools in Chicagoland" by Chicago Tribune and the top ranked high school in Naperville, Illinois. The Main Campus, the original building, is divided into five wings, A-E. The A wing contains Neuqua's Fine and Applied Arts, as well as industrial and consumer education classrooms and facilities. The B wing contains History, English and Health classrooms. The C wing contains Science classrooms complete with lab equipment and also television production studios. The D wing contains Math, Computer Science, Foreign Language and Business Classrooms. The E wing contains the cafeteria and Physical Education facilities and the staff room.
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