Northridge High School (Alabama)

Northridge High School
Location
2901 Northridge Road Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"A commitment to excellence"
Founded	2003
School district	Tuscaloosa City Schools
Principal	Dr. Isaac Espy
Assistant principals	Charles Anthony, Andrew Maxey
Staff	70
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,078  (2007)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Carolina Blue & Black
Mascot	Jaguars
Feeder schools	Rock Quarry K-8
Website	http://www.nhs.tusc.k12.al.us/index.html

Northridge High School is a public high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, enrolling 1078 students in grades 9–12. It is one of three high schools in the Tuscaloosa City School District. Northridge High offers technical, academic programs, as well as joint enrollment with Shelton State Community College and the University of Alabama. Northridge High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Founded in 2003, Northridge High School is one of the two oldest public high schools in Tuscaloosa. After the retirement of Central High School East, the Tuscaloosa City School system divided the city into three schools: Northridge High School, Paul W. Bryant High School (both of which were opened in 2003) and Central High School, which remained in the old Central West building until the beginning of the 2007 school year when they moved into a new facility. The school is located on the north side of the Black Warrior River.

Academics

Profile

Northridge High School, the 52nd–largest high school in Alabama, enrolled 1,078 students in the 2007–2008 school year.^[1] Fifty-six percent of Northridge High's enrollment is African American, three percent is of Asian descent, forty percent is of European descent, and the remainder is mostly Hispanic.^[2] In addition, Northridge offers the most AP Classes in Tuscaloosa County.

On average, four Northridge High students earn National Merit Finalist status each year, and, in 2006, 12 students were named AP Scholars by the College Board. In 2007, two hundred seniors received scholarships worth US$7.1 million to universities and colleges. Graduates of the classes of 2008 and 2009 went on to attend Vanderbilt, Princeton University, Rice University, Emory University, UNC, UPenn, Columbia, Wake Forest University, Boston University, and Stanford.

Test Scores

Northridge High School has routinely scored well above the national and state averages since the schools inception in 2003. As are all Alabama public high school students, Northridge High students are assessed using the Alabama High School Graduation Exam. In addition, NHS students are measured on the ACT and SAT college entrance exams, and on Advanced Placement tests.^{[citation needed]}

Average ACT Scores – 2007[3]
	Northridge High	State	Nation
Average ACT Score	22.3	20.3	21.2

Average SAT Reasoning Scores – 2007[4]
	Northridge High	State	Nation
SAT Reasoning Score	1191	1124	1028

^References

1. ^{^ Enrollment comparisons using grades 10–12 as collected by the Alabama High School Athletic Association from 40-day count reports, Alabama High School Athletic Association, Classification Enrollments – 2008–10, retrieved November 20, 2007; State of Alabama Department of Education, Enrollment by Ethnicity and Gender (school level) – 2007–2008.}
2. ^{^ State of Alabama Department of Education, Enrollment by Ethnicity and Gender (school level) – 2007–2008.}
3. ^{^ ACT, Inc., College Readiness Report, Northrige High School, July 20, 2007.}
4. ^{^ "Northridge High School, Alabama Public School – College Prep – SchoolMatters". SchoolMatters, a service of Standard & Poor's. http://www.schoolmatters.com/app/data/q/stid=1/llid=118/stllid=386/locid=1032844/catid=860/secid=3585/compid=771/site=pes. Retrieved April 8, 2007.} 

Coordinates: 33°14′41″N 87°31′40″W / 33.24484°N 87.52771°W / 33.24484; -87.52771