North Forsyth High School is a public high school located in Cumming, Georgia

Cumming, Georgia

Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,430 at the 2010 census. However, places with a Cumming mailing address have a population of around 100,000...

 a suburb northeast of Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

. The school is located at 3635 Coal Mountain Drive, Cumming, Georgia 30041. It is 1 of 5 high schools in the Forsyth County School

Forsyth County Schools

Forsyth County Schools is a public school district in Forsyth County, Georgia, USA, based in Cumming, Georgia. FCS serves over 36,000 students and is the largest employer in the county with over 4,100 full-time employees and 1,500 substitutes...

 District, and serves students residing in Cumming, Georgia

Cumming, Georgia

Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,430 at the 2010 census. However, places with a Cumming mailing address have a population of around 100,000...

. It is the largest of all the Forsyth County high schools.

Student data

North has an approximate enrollment of 2,000 (as of Summer 2008). The student body is 90.77% White, 6.90% Hispanic, 0.65% Asian, 0.65% Black, 0.20 % Native American and 0.84% Multiracial.

Facility

Established in 1994 in the northwestern part of Forsyth County, the school has 2 gymnasiums, an artificial turf field used for football, soccer, and lacrosse, practice fields, baseball complex, softball complex, four tennis courts, and a separate performing arts center. The last addition to the school was in 2007. This addition created a whole new wing on the school.

Athletics/Extracurricular

North Forsyth currently competes in Region 6-AAAAA and has since 2010. North Forsyth High School has 15 varsity sports that allow both girls and boys to participate in. The school fields junior varsity teams for most sports and freshmen teams in football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse. The school is a member of the Georgia High School Association.

MCJROTC

The North Forsyth ROTC is based on the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

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North Forsyth's MCJROTC has been awarded National Naval Honor School 5 years in a row. As of the 2010-2011 school year, the Raider Battalion has 197 total cadets enrolled. The drill team has also been named Best in Service (Marines) at the American Legion National Drill Competition in Montgomery Alabama in February 2011 and also won 2nd place overall. The drill team was named Best in Service 4 out of the last 5 years.
The drill team were also champions of the unarmed and armed divisions at the 2011 American Legion National Drill Competition.