Needham High School
Needham High School is a public high school in Needham, Massachusetts, educating grades 9 through 12. It currently has 1,622 students enrolled as of 2024 and over 200 instructional staff members. It offerers a wide variety of courses including many AP classes. It consistently rates as a top public high school in Massachusetts, currentaly being rated #19 according to niche.com
The current principal is Aaron Sicotte as of 2025.
Notable alumni and teachers
- Charlie Baker, 72nd Governor of Massachusetts
- Marsha Bemko, executive producer of Antiques Roadshow.
- Peter DeFazio, U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District of Oregon
- Anna Parker Fessenden, botanist, taught math at Needham High School
- Jared Freid, comedian and podcaster
- Robbie Ftorek, NHL coach and player, born and raised in Needham
- James S. Gracey, former Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
- Steven Hauschka, American football player
- Eric Johnson, American football player
- Richard Larson, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey.
- Marissa Nadler, singer-songwriter
- Aly Raisman, Olympic gold medalist for gymnastics in London 2012 and Rio 2016
- Karl Ravech, ESPN Baseball Tonight anchor, born and raised in Needham
- Sarah Saltzberg, actress/singer
- Harry Swartz, soccer player
- Mike Tannenbaum, American football executive
- Jeff Taylor, founder of Monster.com
- Sunita Williams, NASA astronaut