[9] The school opened in 1897, with Lida Doren serving as the state's first female principal and superintendent.

[14] The Neptune High School Scarlet Fliers[3] compete in Division B North of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore.

[21] The 1981 team was the state's only unbeaten boys basketball team, finishing the season 29-0 after taking their first lead of the game in the middle of the fourth quarter of the championship game on its way to winning the Group IV title with a 60–55 win against Malcolm X Shabazz at Jadwin Gymnasium.

[22] Led by Taquan Dean, the 2002 team won the Group III title with an 84–58 win against Weequahic in the championship game at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and advanced to the Tournament of Champions, where the team received a bye as the second seed and defeated third-seeded East Side High School 71–63 in the semifinals before falling to top-seed St. Anthony High School 69–49 in the finals at the Continental Airlines Arena to finish the season with a 29–3 record.

[27] In 1976, the boys' track team won the Group IV state indoor relay championship.

[29] The 1980 boys' soccer team finished the season with a record of 21-3 after winning the program's first Group IV state championship, defeating Columbia High School in the tournament final at Mercer County Park by the score of 3–1.

[37] The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2011.