Niles North High School

Niles North High School, officially Niles Township High School North, 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. Before being moved to a separate facility in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the Bridges Adult Transition program was hosted at the school.

Niles North High School
Address
9800 N. Lawler Avenue Skokie , Illinois 60077 United States
Coordinates	42.0596°N 87.7546°W / 42.0596; -87.7546
Information
School type	Public, Secondary
Opened	1964
Status	Open
School district	Niles Twp. Community H.S. 219
NCES District ID	1728530[1]
Superintendent	Thomas Moore
NCES School ID	172853002986[1]
Principal	Marlon Felton
Teaching staff	160.35 (FTE))[1]
Grades	9-12[1]
Gender	coed[1]
Enrollment	2,015 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	12.57[1]
Campus type	City: small[1]
Color(s)	purple   white[3]
Athletics conference	Central Suburban League North
Mascot	Vikings
Newspaper	North Star News
Yearbook	SAGA[4]
Website	official website
Niles North High School in 2023

Athletics

Niles North competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Viking. Niles North's rival is Niles West High School. The crosstown rivalry is referenced as the "Skokie Skirmish."^[5]

Activities

The Niles North chess team has won the Illinois High School Association State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012.^[6][7]

The Niles North Robotics Team (333) won the Illinois State Tournament In their 2013-14 inaugural season,.^[8] In the 2014–15, all 8 of the Niles North Teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition, with one of the teams, 333M, being crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champions and competing at VEX Worlds.^[8] In 2015-16, eight of the nine Niles North teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition. Three teams qualified and competed at the U.S. Robotics Competition; one team was crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champion; one team was crowned the Illinois State Design Award Champions & the Illinois State Robot Skills Champions; three teams competed at VEX Worlds, with one being a Semifinalist in their division.^[8]

Notable alumni

• Bushra Amiwala, youngest Muslim elected official in the United States
• Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer
• Mike Byster (1977), mathematician^[9]
• Jonathan Carroll, politician^[10]
• Gregg Edelman, Broadway and movie actor^[11]
• Nancy Lee Grahn, actress
• Erin Heatherton, model.^[12]
• Lynn Holly Johnson, ice skater and actress
• Demetria Kalodimos (1977), anchorperson on TV
• Jonathan Kite, actor
• Mike Krasny, businessperson^[13]
• Paul Lisnek (1976), attorney, author and TV personality
• Abdel Nader, forward for the Phoenix Suns
• Brent Novoselsky, former NFL player^[14][15]
• Noam Pikelny, banjo player
• Eric Rosen, chess master and streamer^[16]
• Joel Pollak (1995), journalist^[17]
• Connor Price, actor
• Esther Povitsky, (2006)^[18] comedian and actress.^[19]
• Elaine Quijano, broadcast journalist
• Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer.^[20]
• Calla Urbanski (1978), Olympic figure skater^[21]
• Barrington Wade (2016), NFL player