Northern High School is a public secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in the Owings

Owings, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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 in Calvert County.

The school is located directly next to Northern Middle School.

Statistics

Northern has an enrollment of approximately 1,700 students, with a student to teacher ratio of 20.859 : 1. Demographically, Northern has a student body that is 87.0% white, 11.0% black, 2.0% Latino and native American, and less than 1% Asian. 4.2% of the student population receives a reduced lunch benefit.

Student organizations and clubs

The Patriot Press, Northern's nationally award winning student newsmagazine.
The Physics and Engineering Team, First Place Champions in The Central Maryland Physics Olympics and The University of Maryland Physics Olympics.

Athletics

The Northern Patriots are a member of the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference

Southern Maryland Athletic Conference

The Southern Maryland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic league located throughout the southern region of the state of Maryland. The SMAC's membership consists of the following schools located in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties:...

(SMAC). The mascot for the school is "Patriot Pete".

Northern participates in the following sports:

Men: Baseball, Soccer, Football, Lacrosse, Swimming, Basketball, Polio, Hockey, Wrestling, Tennis, Track and Field, Cross Country, Golf

Women: Volleyball, Softball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Swimming, Basketball, Tennis, Track and Field, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Poms