Wausau East High School
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2607 N. 18th Street Wausau, Wisconsin 54403 United States |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | Everyone Achieves Success Together |
| Founded | 1898 Wausau High School 1936 Wausau Senior High School 1970 Wausau East High School |
| School district | Wausau School District |
| NCES District ID | 5515900 |
| CEEB code | 502415 |
| NCES School ID | 551590002063 |
| Principal | Bradley J. Peck |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1020 (2015-2016 ) |
| • Grade 9 | 233 |
| • Grade 10 | 259 |
| • Grade 11 | 229 |
| • Grade 12 | 299 |
| Color(s) | Red Black White |
| Mascot | The Lumberjacks |
| Rival | Wausau West High School |
| Accreditation | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction |
| USNWR ranking | Unranked (2016) |
| Publication | The Skyrocket |
| Yearbook | The WAHISCAN |
| Website | east |
Coordinates: 44°58′52″N 89°35′51″W / 44.9812°N 89.5975°W
Wausau East High School is a comprehensive public secondary school in Wausau, Wisconsin. Originally named Wausau High School, it became Wausau East with the opening of Wausau West High School in the early 1970s. Part of the Wausau School District, the school enrolled 1,322 students in grades 9 through 12 as of 2007. The principal is Bradley J. Peck.
The school newspaper, published since 1921, is The Skyrocket. The yearbook, published since 1915, is the WAHISCAN or Wausau High School Annual. The school's colors are red and white. Its mascot is a lumberjack because of the historical significance of the lumber industry in the Wausau area.
The average class size is 20 students.
The first high school in Wausau was a two-room school house built in 1880 and occupied by multiple grades. When Washington School was erected as the high school in 1889 for $12,400, the city thought the school was too big. In 1897, when the school became overcrowded, five rooms in the court house were rented for classroom space. In 1898, a new high school was built at the cost of $65,000 by Van Ryn and DeGelleke of Milwaukee, on the corner of Seventh and Eighth Streets. Far from the center of the city, many city residents complained that it was too distant and others thought it was too large. The school opened its doors in 1900. Charles C. Parlin, the school's first principal, served until 1911. That school became known as Wausau High School until 1936, when it became Wausau Senior High School. A final name change occurred in 1970, the last year that Wausau had one high school. In 1971 two high schools served the Wausau School District, Wausau West High School, and now Wausau East High School.
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