Niles North High School

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School type Public, Secondary Status Open Superintendent Dr. Steven Isoye Phone +1 847-626-2000 Colors White, Purple		Opened 1964 NCES District ID 1728530 NCES School ID 172853002986 Number of students 1,986
Address 9800 Lawler Ave, Skokie, IL 60077, USA District Niles Township High School District 219

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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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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).

The chess team won the Illinois High School Association State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012. They are the only team at Niles North that has ever won an IHSA State Championship.