North High School | |
Established: | 1962 |
Type: | Public secondary |
Staff: | 94.50 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 17.60 |
Enrollment: | 1,663 (2022-23)[1] |
Address: | 1801 Piedmont Road |
City: | Eau Claire |
State: | Wisconsin 54703 |
Country: | USA |
Colors: | Columbia blue and white [2] |
Mascot: | Husky |
Fightsong: | Minnesota Rouser |
North High School is one of two public high schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the other being Memorial High School. It was founded in 1962.
Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered in English, art, music, science, social sciences, and math. Just under half of North students take AP classes.[3]
North High School has teams in football, cross country, soccer, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, wrestling, dance, baseball, softball, and track and field. North competes as a Division One school within the Big Rivers Conference. The boys' baseball team won the WIAA state championship in 2011 and 2019.,[4] and the girls' hockey team won the 2018 state title.[5]
The music department at North High School offers band, orchestra, and choir, with groups available at all skill levels. The school's competitive show choir is nicknamed "Northernaires".[6] North's Jazz 1 made it in to the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival in New York in 2012.