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Naperville North High School is a public four-year
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located at the corner of
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and Mill Street in the northern-central part of
Naperville Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago located west of the city on the DuPage River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,540, making it the state's ...
,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
, a western suburb of
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, in the United States. It’s a part of
Naperville Community Unit School District 203 Naperville Community Unit School District 203 is a school district headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, United States. About Naperville Community Unit School District 203 serves central and northern Naperville as well as portions of the ne ...
. Naperville North is fully recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education and is a member of the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling.


History

The building was constructed in 1970 comprising 152,347 square feet (14,000 m²). Additions to the building were made in 1974, 1986 and 1992, increasing the size to the current (as of 2005) 449,665 square feet (42,000 m²). From 1970-1974 Naperville North was limited to freshmen classes only, who were then transferred to Naperville Central High School to continue their education. From the time of its construction until the 1992-1993 academic year, Naperville North was the only high school in its district to have a swimming pool. Thus
Naperville Central High School Naperville Central High School (Naperville Central or NCHS) is a four-year state school, public high school located in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The school, which enrolls students in grades nine through twelve, is a par ...
students who took Physical Education courses in swimming or desired to compete in swimming and/or diving would be bussed from Naperville Central to Naperville North. The stadium and pool underwent significant renovations during the 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 school years, with more renovations during 2015-2016 to change the Library into a Learning Commons area, respectively. There were further renovations to the Small Cafe and NPAC areas after the conclusion of the 2022-2023 school year. Principal Stephanie Posey announced her retirement after the 2023-2024 school year, with Jay Wachtel being named the interim for the 2024-2025 school year. Wachtel had previously served as interim principal during the 2020-2021 school year.


Demographics

In 2024, 57.3% of the student body identifies as White, 18.5% of the student body identifies as Asian, 13.5% of the student body identifies as Hispanic, 5.3% of the student body identifies as Black, and 8.1% of the student body identifies as another race.


Academics

In 2017, in its last year issuing the ACT, Naperville North had an average composite score of 25. In 2024, it graduated 96.2% of its students within 4 years. Between 2010 and 2014, when the measure was retired, Naperville North had an average
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(AYP) of 78.6% on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which with the ACT, were the assessment tools used in Illinois to fulfill the federal
No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was a 2002 United States Act of Congress promoted by the presidential administration of George W. Bush. It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and included Title I provisio ...
. This rate was stable for the school, representing scores of 80%, 77%, 76%, 80%, and 80%, respectively. In 2010, ''
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'' ranked Naperville North #1332 in their annual list of the top 1500 American public high schools, based upon the total number of
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,
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or Cambridge tests given at a school, divided by the number of seniors graduating that year. In 2005, the school was ranked #1008, in 2007, #1082, in 2008 #926, and in 2009 #1331. In 2018, U.S.
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recognized Naperville North as one of the 349
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. In 2025, ''
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'' ranked it #638 nationally and #25 in Illinois. In 2020, Naperville North High School was accredited with an International Green Ribbon for Extraordinary Schools. Naperville North is fully recognized by the
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, and is a member of the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling.


Athletics

Naperville North competes in the DuPage Valley Conference (DVC). Naperville North is a member of the
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(IHSA), which governs most interscholastic sports and competitive activities in Illinois. The school's teams are stylized as the Huskies. The mascot's name is Buster. From 1975–1987, Naperville North played its home football games at Naperville Central. In 1988, Naperville North opened Harshbarger/Welzel Stadium as its new home field. The school sponsors multiple interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women under the IHSA:
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,
bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...
, cross country,
golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
,
lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
,
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
,
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
&
diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), ...
,
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,
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,
volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
,
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
, and
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. Along with this, young men may compete in
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and
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, while young women may compete in
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,
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, and
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.
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and
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are co-ed teams, often consisting both boys and girls on their respective rosters. They will offer girls’
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beginning in the 2025-2026 school year for the fall season. In addition to the sports listed above, the school also offers club sports in girls’
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, boys’
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,
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(co-op with
Naperville Central Naperville Central High School (Naperville Central or NCHS) is a four-year state school, public high school located in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The school, which enrolls students in grades nine through twelve, is a par ...
),
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, and
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. The following teams have won a state trophy in their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet: * Badminton (girls): 1st place (tie) (2011–12) * Cross Country (boys): State Champions (2008–09) * Cross Country (girls): State Champions (1993–94, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20) * Dance: State Champions (2018–19) * Football: State Champions (1992–93, 2007–08) * Golf (boys): State Champions (1989–90, 1994–95) * Gymnastics (boys): State Champions (2000–01) * Soccer (boys): State Champions (1998–99) (2016–17) (2017–18) (2018–19) * Soccer (girls): State Champions (1987–88, 2011–12) * Swimming & Diving (boys): State Champions (1995–96) * Tennis (boys): State Champions (1993–94) * Volleyball (boys): State Champions (1996–97)


Activities

The school is also host to a Certamen; a
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-like team, placing first in the 2004 state Latin convention; the Northern Lights, a nationally competitive winter guard; the Marching Huskies
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, who tied for second in the state championship in 2005 and took fourth in state in 2009; and a
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department that contributes regularly to the Illinois High School Theatre Fest. Notable recent IHSTF productions with North students in the cast or crew began with ''
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'' in 1999, ending a decade-long absence from the festival, and have since included ''
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'', ''
Pirates of Penzance ''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 3 ...
'' and ''
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.'' In 2000, a Naperville North adaptation of '' 12 Angry Men'' (presented as ''Twelve Angry Jurors''), was selected to perform as a showcase at the IHS Theatre Festival. More recent selections taken to state include ''
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'', '' Angel's Fall'' and ''
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''. The Naperville North theatre recently received a technical over-haul, allowing for better lighting and control mechanisms. North's newspaper, the North Star, has won numerous local and statewide awards. The Math Team at Naperville North has been the DuPage Valley Conference champions for 28 consecutive years and were Illinois state champions 14 of the last 16 years, and won ten consecutive Math Team state championships (1998–2007). Naperville North also participates in the North Suburban Math League. In 2008, the math team competed at the ICTM Regional competition at the
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and placed 1st overall. During the ICTM State competition at the University of Illinois in 2008, Naperville North lost to
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, which prevented North from winning their 11th consecutive state championship. They received 2nd place overall.
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In 2009, Naperville North regained the state title, their fourteenth in sixteen years. Naperville North again won the ICTM Division 4AA state championship in 2016. The Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering, WYSE team won the state championship from 1999 to 2005, 2007 to 2009, 2012, and 2013. In 2009, Naperville North created a
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Team. Huskie Robotics is one of the school's largest clubs and is well known around the school and surrounding community for its outreach events. The student-led team builds competitive robots with support from teacher-coaches, mentors, and corporate sponsors. In 2013, Huskie Robotics was part of the winning alliance at the Midwest Regional, granting them a spot in the FIRST Robotics World Championship in St. Louis. In 2020 and 2021, Huskie Robotics won the Chairman's Award at the Midwest regional. In 2024, the Huskies won the Heartland regional, which granted them a spot in the World Championship where they placed 8th. Naperville North has a
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(JSA) chapter. Naperville North's JSA chapter is well known, and has a high chapter membership in the Midwest state. They are debaters who form a tight knit group. The chapter is also involved in the state structure of JSA. Naperville North also has a DECA Chapter. The DECA chapter has grown in size and in caliber. In the past five years, Naperville North's DECA chapter has had over fifty different state qualifiers, ten state winners (top three), five national winners, including one taking the championship, and elected a State President, who leads Illinois DECA. In the winter of 2011, NNHS announced they may have to discontinue print publication of "The North Star." This happened as a result of decreased advertising revenue and subscribers. In 2018, NNHS announced a new esports club, hosting competitive teams in games such as Rocket League, Overwatch, and League of Legends. It quickly grew into one of the school's largest organizations. That same year the IHSA began laying the foundation for an Esports State Series and State Final (IHSEA). NNHS esports went on to win the Illinois High School Esports Association in Overwatch championship in May 2019. In late 2019 as a rookie team they competed in the North America Scholastic Esports Federation Overwatch Tournament, eventually traveling to Santa Clara, CA where they lost in the championship finals to Rocklin High School.


Partnerships

The school offers an international exchange program with Steinbart Gymnasium in Duisburg, Germany. The partnership is part of the
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.


Notable alumni

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; current volleyball broadcaster on
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running back * Levelle Brown, former professional football player *
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of the
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. * Glenn Earl, former
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safety * Dave Garnett, former
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linebacker * Emily Giffin, author of ''
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outfielder *
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fighter * Will Johnson, professional soccer player and winner of the 2008
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tight end *
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wide receiver *
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men's soccer * Matthew Prozialeck blues musician, harmonica player * Bo Richter, NFL defensive end for the
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, stand-up comedian * Kayla Sharples, professional soccer player for the
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Notable faculty

* J. Glenn Schneider (1935-2017), history and government teacher; served in the Illinois House of Representatives'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' Biographical Sketch of J. Glenn Schneider, pg. 149


See also

* List of high schools in Illinois


References


External links

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Naperville Community Unit School District 203
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Educational institutions established in 1970 Education in Naperville, Illinois Schools in DuPage County, Illinois 1970 establishments in Illinois