Norman North High School

1809 Stubbeman Avenue

School District

Norman
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on March 30, 2023

I'm a sophomore at Norman North and I honestly hate this school so much because of everything that I've dealt with, if I could give 0 stars, I will, first of all, I had a teacher in the 9th grade that was seriously entitled and disrespectful (she was my English teacher), I had unfair lunch detentions because of her, and don’t get me started on the principals, one of them, Ann Blatt, is the most entitled of them all, she gets angry over everything, I have a friend there who was a senior there this year, who went a little too fast in the parking lot, and she was FURIOUS over that, like come on, he didn’t mean to go a little fast, and now he dropped out and got a GED because he couldn’t take it anymore, and honestly, I agree with him, if I were old enough to, I'd drop out immediately, this school is the worst school that I've ever been to in my 16 years of life, I recommend for parents to not let their kids to that school at all.
Submitted by student on September 20, 2022

i hate this school, it really sucks
Submitted by other on October 05, 2016

The teaching staff is phenomenal. At Norman North Blue Ribbon School you are surrounded by successful, motivating and brilliant scholars who want success for your kids every single day to be the best possible version of themselves. My daughter was stuggling at first. They helped identify her strengths and weaknesses. They guided her with both. She flourished and graduated with honors. My son loves math and sciences. He was happy to have teachers that prepared him for college. It's a wonderful atmosphere for both educational learning and social fun my kids enjoyed art and media classses...which seem to be cut in other schools. You'll also be able to meet a great variety of staff who will delight and impress you. I highly recommend this school and I've done the research.
Submitted by student on October 11, 2015

I graduated from Norman North in 2014 and am now out-of state. This school definitely had opportunities such as a decent amount of AP classes to take. Many of my AP teachers were very much interested in seeing their students succeed. However, the classes I took that weren't AP, I had mostly AWFUL teachers in them. A good amount were sport coaches that did not care about the material and struggled to teach it. This school was majority caucasian and had mostly only caucasians in their student government, which isn't good because even though diversity was low at this school, it still existed. One year, my entire junior class of girls was made to go to the auditorium to be told my local police officers to take a self defense class. This is fine, however there never was a lecture for all the boys not hurt girls and women. The school didn't offer sexual education or any gender equity resources. My experience living in Oklahoma and from this high school motivated me very much to leave the state. I am fortunate enough that Norman North gave me some opportunities so I could leave Oklahoma.
Submitted by student on July 21, 2011

I graduated with the NNHS class of 2008, and I'm now an "A" Sr at The University of Oklahoma, taking a double major in Film/Video Studies and American History. I could never say enough great things about this school. I credit the faculty and staff for my success at OU, as well as my confidence to, pardon the cliche, "spread my wings and fly." The teachers, save for a rare few, are interested and play an active part in your child's education. The AP classes offers students a chance to challenge themselves, the Speech and Drama Department provide excellent skill building opportunities, the Athletics Department is becoming known across the state (T-WHAT?!), and the list goes on. Also, of course, I have to mention that Norman North High School has been named a "Blue Ribbon School" by the U.S. Department of Education? I am who I am today because of my time at Norman North. It's an excellent school.
Submitted by parent on January 15, 2011

As a parent of a child who is a B+ average student, NNHS is strictly a C+ average school from an academic point of view. It's a large school with over 2100 kids from grade 9-12 and the quality of introductory math & science courses are very dependent upon the teacher. Many of these teachers have many kids to teach and must ensure that the child passes the End of Instruction (EOI) exam mandated by state law. In the process of doing so, the child learns how to do well in standardized testing because all class tests are multiple choice, which has value for the SAT & ACT, but it is questionable if the student actually learns the material where they can think independently and apply what they've learned for more advanced courses in math & science. There are many intelligent kids at NNHS, but they do well not because of NNHS instruction, rather it is because they study the subject outside of school. The counselors are of little help since the only way a student can get attention is to be in trouble or is a National Merit Scholar candidate. Good, hard working and honest students will be short changed in their education and not be ready for college.