Northland High School (NHS) is a public high school in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

, United States, NHS is a part of the

Columbus City Schools Columbus City Schools, formerly known as Columbus Public Schools, is the official school district for the city of Columbus, Ohio, and serves most of the city (portions of the city are served by suburban school districts). The district has 46,6 ...

system and opened in 1965. The current principal is Jason Johnson and athletic teams are known as the Vikings with school colors of green and gold.

State championships

*Girls

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– 1982 *Boys basketball – 2009

Notable alumni

* Jude Adjei-Barimah, professional football player in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL) *

Trey Burke Alfonso Clark "Trey" Burke III (born November 12, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines where in the 2012–13 season, he earn ...

, professional basketball player in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(NBA) *

Jared Sullinger Jared Sullinger Sr. (born March 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for Ohio State University before being drafted 21st overall ...

, professional basketball player in the NBA *

Happy Chichester Harold "Happy" Chichester is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Early life, education and personal life Chichester resides in the Columbus, Ohio, area, where he began making music in 1986. Career Royal Crescent Mob Happy's first b ...

, singer, songwriter, and musician * Devon Scott (born 1994), basketball player in the

Korean Basketball League The Korean Basketball League (KBL; ) is a professional men's basketball league in South Korea which was established in 1997. The league consists of ten teams and each team plays a total of 54 games (27 home and 27 away) in the regular season. H ...

Pat Tiberi Patrick Joseph Tiberi (; born October 21, 1962) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2018. His district included communities north and east of Columbus. He is a member of the Republican ...

, Republican Representative for Ohio's 12th Congressional District, 2001-2018 *

Seth Towns Seth Emmanuel Towns (born November 5, 1997) is an American college basketball player for the Howard Bison of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. He entered the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as an extremely rare eighth-year sen ...

a player for Harvard who won Ivy League Player of the Year *

Georgeann Wells Georgeann Wells is an All-American basketball player, who was active at West Virginia University (WVU) from 1982 to 1986. Among her other accomplishments, Wells is notable as the first American woman to register a dunk in an official NCAA intercoll ...

, first woman to register a dunk in an official NCAA intercollegiate basketball game *

Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album '' Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.''. Yoakam had considerab ...

Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

-winning country singer/songwriter; actor and filmmaker *

Fly Union Fly Union (sometimes stylized as Fly.Union) is an American hip hop group from Columbus, Ohio. The group consists of production duo MnkeyWrench (Iyeball and Jay Swifa) and rapper Jerreau. Rapper Vada Azeem was also a founder and member of the ...

, musical group

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* Educational institutions established in 1965 High schools in Columbus, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio 1965 establishments in Ohio {{ColumbusOH-struct-stub