Lincoln North Star High School

Lincoln North Star High School
Address
5801 North 33rd Street

,
68504

Coordinates40°52′10″N 96°40′34″W / 40.86944°N 96.67611°W / 40.86944; -96.67611
Information
School typeHigh school
Motto"Charting our Course, Navigating the Journey, Celebrating Success"
Established2003
School districtLincoln Public Schools
PrincipalMegan Kroll
Teaching staff129.50 (on an FTE basis)
Enrollment1,914 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio14.78
Color(s)Navy and cardinal    
MascotNavigators
Team nameGators
WebsiteLincoln North Star H.S.

Lincoln North Star High School (LNS or North Star) is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It opened its doors in 2003 to 1,150 students, and as of 2022–2023 has approximately 2070 students.

North Star operates on a traditional seven-period day schedule, sometimes with eight periods for those who choose it. The school features a system of academies to assist students with post-secondary planning. The means to implement the academies were provided through federal and local grants. Students may participate in the Science and Engineering Academy, Business and Information Technology Academy, Law and Global Affairs Academy, Health and Biotechnology Academy, and Arts and Communications Academy. North Star was the first Lincoln high school to use this innovative system, which has since been expanded to the other five Lincoln public high schools in the form of Professional Learning Communities.

North Star was originally supposed to be named Lincoln Northwest; at the time, every high school in Lincoln Public Schools was named after a direction depending on their respective location, with the exception of Lincoln High. Before the school opened, the students voted on the name North Star.

The school's colors are navy blue and burgundy/maroon. Although the official mascot is the North Star Navigator, its mascot is an alligator, nicknamed "Navi Gator".

From its founding in 2003 until 2006, North Star hosted a middle school, North Star Middle School, in a separate wing.