Williamsville North High School, known locally as "North" or "Will North" is a public high school in the

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. The school offers a comprehensive program with multi-level instruction in many academic areas. Robert Coniglio has been principal since July, 2020.

Admissions

The demographic breakdown of the 1,412 students enrolled in 2019–2020 was: *Male - 739 *Female - 673 *Native American/Alaskan - 4 *Asian/Pacific islanders - 147 *Black - 77 *Hispanic - 57 *White - 1,075 *Multiracial - 50 216 students were eligible for free lunch; 26 were eligible for reduced-price lunch.

Athletics

North's boys' athletic teams are referred to as the Spartans, and the girls' teams as the Lady Spartans. Williamsville North Football

Williamsville North is a member of the ECIC-I athletic conference within Section VI of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. North fields teams in many sports, in both the girls' and boys' divisions. Boys' sports include football, basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, gymnastics, wrestling, soccer, swimming and diving, volleyball, and track and field. Girls' sports include cross country, basketball, golf, field hockey, gymnastics, soccer, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, track and field, soccer, swimming, and diving. The school also offers

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. In 2013 the Williamsville North football team made it to the Class A Championship for the first time in school history, but lost. The Spartans defeated

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in the Class A Section 6 title, the Spartans broke Sweet Homes record of winning six straight Section 6 titles in a row and 69 game winning streak against teams in Section 6. The Williamsville North

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program has won multiple Division 1 New York state titles. The team won titles in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, and 2017

Notable alumni

* Karen Mohlke (1987), Biologist Human Genetics * Mona Bijoor (1985), businesswoman and internet entrepreneur * Lynn Schofield Clark (1982), professor of

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* Chris Gronkowski (2005),

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fullback *

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* Glenn Gronkowski (2011), American football fullback *

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, (attended through junior year, did not graduate WNHS) American football tight end *

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, American football assistant coach * Jamey Rodemeyer, gay activist *

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