Naperville Central High School

Naperville Central High School is a four-year public high school located in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The school, which enrolls students in grades nine through twelve, is a part of the Naperville Community Unit School District 203.The school, notable for its strong academic standing and history of athletic accomplishments, has been ranked in the top 3% of high schools nationally by U.S. News & World Report. Several of NCHS's alumni are notable across a variety of fields, and the school is unique in that it is the only high school in the United States to have its own Ancient Egyptian mummy.HistoryThe present NCHS structure is on Aurora Avenue just outside the downtown business district in Naperville. The building is within walking distance of the Naperville Riverwalk park/trail network, and is just north of Knoch Park and the Edward Hospital campus. The school is across the street from the historic Naper Settlement.The oldest part of the current building, known by some as the "3-Story Wing," was constructed in 1950 and was dedicated in 1952. The previous building, which had housed the Naperville Community High School (also sometimes known as Naperville High School), was built in 1916 and stood on Washington Street, just east of the present location of Washington Junior High School. This same building was used as the original Washington Junior High School until it was replaced in 1977.