Niles North High School

Niles North High School
Address
9800 N. Lawler Avenue Skokie, Illinois 60077 United States
Coordinates	42°03′35″N 87°45′17″W / 42.0596°N 87.7546°WCoordinates: 42°03′35″N 87°45′17″W / 42.0596°N 87.7546°W
Information
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.

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.
• Niles North's Robotics Team won the State Championship in 2014, 2015 & 2016.

Notable alumni

• Abdel Nader, former 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

References

1. "Niles North High School". Statistical abstract. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
2. "Skokie (NIles North)". School information. Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
3. "Clubs". Directory. Niles North High School. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
4. "Illinois School Report Card: Niles North High School". Niles Township High School District 219. 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "North Star Wins International First Place Award", news release at Niles North High School Web site, accessed February 19, 2007
6. Lefkowitz, David (25 September 2001). "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Gregg Edelman". Playbill Online. Retrieved 6 July 2011. GE: I never really thought about performing at all. But when I was a freshman at Niles North High School ...
7. Pisarcik, Kristin (September 7, 2007). "Mikes Math". ABC News. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
8. Stone, Andrew C. "Erin Heatherton Is No Average Bombshell". Michigan Avenue Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2011. "I didn’t even know who Kate Moss was," laughs Heatherton, who has been with the Marilyn agency since her senior year at Niles North High School.
9. Patch Staff (10 March 2011), "Skokie Native Makes Forbes Rich List", Skokie Patch (Skokie, IL, USA), retrieved 6 July 2011, Former Niles North alum Michael Krasny made Forbes' "Richest People in America" list again in 2011. Krasny is founder and chief executive officer of the CDW Corporation, which mainly sells computers and computer related products.
10. "Brent Novoselsky". statistics and biographical information. Football Database.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011. High School: Niles North (Skokie, IL)
11. Temkin, Barry (1 September 1989), "Head of the class: Friday night is the beginning of the...", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 6 July 2011, The Packers waived tight end Brent Novoselsky of Niles North and Penn ...
12. http://skokie.patch.com/groups/schools/p/mtv-picks-up-pilot-from-skokie-native
13. Zalusky, Steve (9 July 2004), "No short cuts this time for local filmmaker.", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), retrieved 6 July 2011, Former Arlington Heights resident Marc Selz, who filmed his debut feature, "Short Cut Road," in Long Grove ... Now, with the DVD out in stores, Selz, who attended Skokie's Niles North High School, has upped the stakes ...

External links

• Official website