Northern High School (Owings, Maryland)

Northern High School is a public secondary school located in Owings, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. In 2023, 1,553 students attended the school.

Northern High School
Front of school
Location
2950 Chaneyville Road Owings , Maryland 20736 United States
Coordinates	38°41′9″N 76°39′8″W
Information
Type	Public secondary school
Founded	1973
Principal	Kevin Simmons
Teaching staff	79.42 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12[1]
Enrollment	1,553 (2023-24)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.47[1]
Color(s)	Red, white and blue
Athletics conference	Southern Maryland Athletic Association (SMAC)
Nickname	Patriots
Newspaper	Patriot Press
Website	nhs.calvertnet.k12.md.us

History

Northern High School opened halfway through the 1973-1974 school year.

Harrison Cultural Arts Center

On July 26, 2016, the Calvert County Board of Education awarded a replacement contract to J.A. Scheibel Construction Inc. of Huntingtown, Md., for the total replacement of Northern High School. This project was expected to cost $69,382,000 and be completed in December 2018.^{[needs update]} The phased construction was to implement a 244,090-square-foot (22,677 m²) building that could house up to 1,500 students. The contract also covered renovations to the Mary D. Harrison Cultural Arts Center, which is attached to the school.^[2] Construction of the main building was completed in December 2018, and classes moved to the new building the following month. The administration wing was completed during the 2019-2020 school year.^[3]

School campus

During the second half of the '88-'89 school year, the Fox television network filmed a pilot episode of an unnamed television series at the school. ^[4]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,467 students enrolled for the 2023-24 was:

• Male - 50.4%
• Female - 49.6%
• Native American/Alaskan - >0.1%
• Asian - 1.9%
• Black - 11.4%
• Hispanic - 4.3%
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific islander - 0.2%
• White - 76.8%
• Multiracial - 5.3%

Figures for students receiving financial assistance with meals were not reported to NCES for 2016-17.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Ryan Meisinger, baseball player^[5]
• Jaelyn Duncan, football player^[6]