Northview High School (Michigan)

Coordinates: 43°02′40″N 85°37′16″W / 43.0445°N 85.621°W

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Northview High School

Address

4451 Hunsberger Ave NE Grand Rapids , Michigan 49525 United States
Coordinates	43°02′40″N 85°37′16″W / 43.0445°N 85.621°W / 43.0445; -85.621
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Preparing students for life's next step.
Established	1960
School district	Northview Public Schools
Principal	Mark Thomas
Faculty	55.80 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1,157 (2018–19)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.73^[1]
Color(s)	Red and white ^[2]
Nickname	Wildcats^[2]
Website	Northview High School

Student assessments
2021–22 school year^[3] Change vs. prior year^[3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	25.4 / 9.0
Proficient %	34.0 / 34.8
PR. Proficient %	14.3 / 47.1
Not Proficient %	26.2 / 9.0
Average test scores
SAT Total	981.3 ( −7.8)

Northview High School is located in Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan, a Northeastern suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was a National Blue Ribbon school in 2001. The high school is one of the two high schools in the Northview Public Schools system.

History

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The Northview Public School District was born in the late 1950s. As the population of greater Grand Rapids swelled, the need for a high school became clear, and in an effort to pool the financial resources needed to build a high school, several small rural school districts merged with the Oakview Public School District to form Northview Public Schools. In 1959, construction began on the building, and in 1962, Northview High School opened its doors to its first students. In 2011 and 2012, two tax proposals gave over 43.5 million dollars towards renovating the high school campus, as well as the athletic facilities. In the early fall of 2014, the construction was completed.^[4]