Grosse Pointe North High School

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Grosse Pointe North High School is a public high school in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. North is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of 1,400 and expected 2016 graduating class of 350. Classes are in session for 182 days per year and the school day is from 8:00 a.m. to 3:05 p.m. with seven 49-minute periods.The principal is Kate Murray; she won the 2015 Educators Voice Award. The assistant principals are Tom Beach, David Reed-Nordwall, and Brian Shelson. Shelson is also the school's athletic director.North consistently ranks among the nation's best high schools. North is ranked the 11th best public high school in Michigan on the 2017 Niche rankings. On The Washington Post's list of most challenging high schools, North is #14 in Michigan. Newsweek's list of top high schools places North #487 nationally.The school opened in 1968 after Grosse Pointe High School was split into two schools, and Grosse Pointe North took the northern side of Grosse Pointe's students and Northeastern Harper Woods' students. It is a member of the Grosse Pointe Public School System.Communities served and feeder patternsThe school serves the following communities: all of Grosse Pointe Woods, the GPPSS section of Harper Woods, a small northwest section of Grosse Pointe Farms, and the Wayne County section of Grosse Pointe Shores.