North Atlanta High School
| North Atlanta High School | |
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| Address | |
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4111 Northside Parkway Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°49′57″N 84°24′22″W / 33.832621°N 84.406244°WCoordinates: 33°49′57″N 84°24′22″W / 33.832621°N 84.406244°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Diversity, Scholarship, Community |
| Established | 1991 |
| School district | Atlanta Public Schools |
| Principal | Curtis Douglass |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1800 |
| Color(s) | Silver and black |
| Mascot | Warrior |
| Average SAT scores | 1442 |
| Publication | Warrior Wire |
| Yearbook | Invictus |
| Website | northatlantahigh |
North Atlanta High School is a high school of approximately 1,800 students in the Paces neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools.
The school was formed after North Fulton High School combined with Northside High School during the 1991–1992 school year. This merger resulted in North Atlanta High School being the only high school in Atlanta Public Schools (APS) to host two magnet programs: the International Studies Program and the Performance Arts. The Performance Arts program is now technically defunct, but North Atlanta continues to encourage students' artistic abilities and talents in performance.
The Fulton County School Board formed North Fulton High School in September 1920. Population grew rapidly during the 1920s along the Peachtree Road corridor, which was considered the north of the city at that time, and the census tract of Buckhead increased from 2,603 in 1920 to 10,356 in 1930. North Fulton was the first and for a number of years the only high school serving the urban and predominantly affluent Peachtree Road corridor. APS took control of the school when the area was annexed into the city of Atlanta.
North Fulton High School started out as a segregated school under the state-mandated system that prevailed until the early 1960s. The school reached a racial balance under the majority-minority program. In the 1970s the school developed a more racially balanced faculty as well.
Through the years, North Fulton acquired a large international student body, and ranked at the top academically. In 1981, North Fulton became the site for the School of International Studies, a magnet program that became nationally recognized. Today this program continues at North Atlanta High School.
Fulton County School Board opened Northside High School in 1950 at the current location of the Sutton Middle School: 7th-8th Grade Campus building. Northside High School became part of the APS when the property was annexed into the city of Atlanta. The school colors were purple and white, and the school nickname was the Tigers. In 1969, APS opened a planetarium at the Northside campus. Originally, it was one of three planetariums owned by Atlanta Public Schools (the other two being at Fulton and Harper High). It can seat 110 people. A magnet program in the performing arts was started in 1972.
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