Niceville High School

Niceville Senior High School (NHS) is a public high school in the city of Niceville, Florida. It is ranked as the top high school within its high-performing Okaloosa County School District. In 1996 NHS was selected as one of 226 secondary schools (private and public) to be designated as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. NHS was also named a New American High School in 1999, one of only 13 in the nation to earn that honor that year. The State of Florida Department of Education rated the school an A+ in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005. The current location of NHS on John Sims Parkway was not the original site of the school, opened in 1964; NHS was initially located in a dance hall on Howell Avenue and once held classes at what is now Edge Elementary. Athletics NHS won the state championship in football in 1988, while the 2009 and 2013 football teams placed second in the state. The NHS girls' cross-country team won the state championship in 1994 and were runners-up in 1995, and were crowned state champions in 2016 and runners-up in 2015. The 2011 softball team won the state championship in Clermont, FL, defeating Bartow High School 2-1. The 2011 girls' golf team won the state championship at Mission Inn Resort. The 2014 girls' tennis team won the state championship in Seminole, FL. The 2020 varsity boys' soccer team won the 6-A state championship, defeating South Broward High School 7-3.