East was a combination junior-senior high from 1967-1997 when it became exclusively a senior high. It was named for the geographic area of Lincoln.It underwent significant renovations in 2009.
Under an arrangement similar to that of McPhee Laboratory School, the University
of Nebraska contributed to the building of East in order to concentrate it’s secondary
teacher training program there. When the school opened in 1967, University High
School was discontinued and it’s operations were moved to East.
