Northeast High School (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Northeast High School
Address
5500 16th Street North St. Petersburg, Florida 33703 United States
Coordinates	27°49′22.10″N 82°39′20.36″W / 27.8228056°N 82.6556556°W / 27.8228056; -82.6556556
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Motto	"once a viking, always a viking"
Established	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
School district	Pinellas County Schools
Principal	Michael Hernandez
Faculty	74.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,644 (2019-20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.22[1]
Campus size	43 acres (170,000 m2)
Color(s)	Scarlet, Cream and Black
Athletics	7A
Athletics conference	District 10
Mascot	Vikings
Newspaper	Nor'easter
Yearbook	Viking Log
Website	Northeast High School

Northeast High School is a public high school in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school is part of the Pinellas County Schools district. Located just across the street from Meadowlawn Middle School and east of John M. Sexton Elementary School (named after Northeast's first principal), Northeast High School is one of the main high schools in the Saint Petersburg area. The school mascot is the Viking and the school colors are scarlet, cream, and black. Northeast High School is commonly referred to as NEHI.

On May 5, 1961, an F2 tornado struck the high school.