Niles North High School
| Niles North High School | |
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| 9800 N. Lawler Avenue Skokie, Illinois 60077 United States |
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| School type | Public, Secondary |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Niles Twp. Community H.S. 219 |
| NCES District ID | 1728530[1] |
| Superintendent | Dr. Nanciann Gatta |
| NCES School ID | 172853002986[1] |
| Principal | Dr. Ryan McTague |
| Teaching staff | 161.77 (FTE))[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Gender | coed[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,389 (2014-2015) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.02:1[1] |
| Campus type | suburban[1] |
| Color(s) | purple white[2] |
| Athletics conference | Central Suburban League North |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Newspaper | North Star News |
| Yearbook | SAGA[3] |
| Website | official website |
Niles North High School, or NNHS, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes Niles West High School. Its feeder middle schools are Old Orchard Junior High, Oliver McCracken Middle School, East Prairie School, and Golf Middle School. It is also home to several special education programs, including the Anchor, Bridges, & SAILS programs. The current enrollment for this school is around 2,300 students.
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Academics
In 2012, Niles North High School had an average composite ACT score of 22.8, and graduated 91.2% of its senior class. The average class size is 17.7.[4]
Niles North High School currently enrolls 2,200 student a year, which is 400 students less than its sister-school Niles West High School.
Athletics
Niles North competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Viking.
Extra-curricular awards and recognition
- For the fifth year in a row, the student newspaper, The North Star, won the "International First Place award from Quill and Scroll" (for the 2001–2002 school year).[5]
- Niles North's Chess Team won the State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012.[citation needed]
- Niles North's Robotics Team won the State Championship in 2014 and 2015.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Abdel Nader, forward for Iowa State Cyclones basketball team
- Gregg Edelman, Broadway and movie actor[6]
- Nancy Lee Grahn, actress
- Mike Byster (1977), mathematician[7]
- Erin Heatherton, model.[8]
- Lynn Holly Johnson, ice skater and actress
- Demetria Kalodimos (1977), anchorperson on TV
- Jonathan Kite, actor
- Mike Krasny, businessperson[9]
- Ronnie Kroell, model and actor.
- Paul Lisnek (1976), attorney, author and TV personality
- Brent Novoselsky, former NFL player[10][11]
- Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer
- Noam Pikelny, banjo player
- Connor Price, actor
- Esther Povitsky, comedian and actress[12]
- Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer.[13]
- Calla Urbanski (1978), Olympic figure skater[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ [1]"North Star Wins International First Place Award", news release at Niles North High School Web site, accessed February 19, 2007
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