| St. Joseph's School, North Point, Darjeeling | |
| Motto: | Latin: Sursum Corda |
| Motto Translation: | Lift Up Your Hearts |
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 27.0618°N 88.2524°W |
| Other Name: | North Point |
| Type: | Private primary and secondary school |
| Founder: | Fr. Henri Depelchin, S.J. |
| Rector: | Fr. Stanley Karakkada, S.J. |
| Free Label: | Prefect |
| Free Text: | Fr. John Banerjee |
| Enrollment: | 1,220 |
| Colours: | Navy and sky blue |
| Yearbook: | The North Point Annual |
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling, popularly called North Point or N.P. (as it serves as a landmark for the North Point locality in Darjeeling), is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Originally called St. Joseph's College, the school was founded in the year 1888 and is owned and managed by the Jesuits.
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling was founded by Fr. Henri Depelchin with 25 students on 13 February 1888, at Sunnybank, Darjeeling. It was shifted to its present location in 1892. North Point celebrated its 125th year anniversary on 10 November 2013 which was graced by the presence of the then President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.ref>Web site: Shri Pranab Mukherjee: Former President of India.
The school is divided into four divisions:
The Primary division has eight captains, the lower division has eight head boys, the upper division has eight prefects, the senior division has eight beadles.These are the student representatives and leaders of the school from both the boarding and day scholar sections of the school, appointed on leadership, academic, and sportsmanship abilities. Also all the classes in the school have two monitors, one from the boarding section and other one from day scholar section.
The school provides facilities for various games such as cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, chess; and also engages in co-curricular activities such as quiz, debate, music and drama. Over the years of its long history, the school has developed a competitive rivalry in Inter-School Tournaments with the other Anglo-Indian schools of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, particularly St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, and St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong.
The school has four houses:
The school has a number of publications, which include the North Point Weekly, the Among Ourselves (monthly), and the North Point Annual (yearly), all compiled and edited by the students' Editorial Board.
In 2020, St. Joseph's School, North Point ranked second[2] among boarding schools in Darjeeling and West Bengal and, in 2021, eleventh in India according to the Education-World India School Rankings.[3] [4] The school has consistently been regarded as among the most prestigious boarding schools in India.