Niles North High School, or NNHS, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes Niles West High School. It is also home to several Special Education programs, including the Anchor, Bridges, & SAILS programs. The current enrollment for this school is around 2,300 students.
The school was used for some scenes in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles (along with Niles East High School).
The school appeared on WGN Channel 9 news in 2004 when some senior students (Ramsen Bobo) listed this school on eBay as a prank. The prank was also reported on the front page of the June 9, 2004 issue of the Chicago Tribune.
Niles North has hosted the Suburban Regional History Fair for seven years.
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