Menasha High School

The first high school graduating class was in 1876 and the school was on the site of the present public library at First and Racine streets.  It was known as a "union school" because it housed both primary and secondary classes.  As you can see from this extract from the 1916 Menasha High School annual (its first), in many years, the number of graduates was in the single digits and some years had none.  A new high school was built in 1895 on the same grounds and lasted until it burned in 1936.  In 1938, the present high school was completed at Seventh and Racine Streets.