Lake Norman High School

Public school in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

AthleticsBaseball, cheerleading, cross country, diving, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestlingAthletics conferenceGreater Metro ConferenceTeam nameWildcatsWebsitelakenormanhigh.issnc.org

Lake Norman High School is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman. In 2009, Lake Norman High School had the highest graduation rate of North Carolina public non-charter schools, with 95% of the senior class receiving a diploma. In June 2012, Lake Norman High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program School of Excellence.

Enrollment

As of August 2020, Lake Norman High has over 1,885 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshmen Academy.

Athletics

Lake Norman High has sports teams that compete in soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming, cross-country, track and field, lacrosse, football, wrestling, baseball, volleyball, softball, and cheerleading.

The school has won state championships in cheerleading (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), women's lacrosse (2015), men's lacrosse (2012, 2018), men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2009), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have been crowned in wrestling, women's tennis, and men's and women's swimming.

The school competes in the I-Meck Conference which includes: Lake Norman, Mooresville, North Meck, Hough, Hopewell, Mallard Creek, Vance, and West Charlotte. Lake Norman's biggest rivals include Mooresville and South Iredell.

Arts

Lake Norman High School has multiple art shows a year, chorus concerts, and drama plays. All the different arts at the school have competitions where their art can be auditioned and moved on or perform in certain groups such as District Competitions and All State. The school supports the multi-discipline Spring Musical. LNHS has a competitive show choir, "Showformance".^[2]

Notable alumni

Tyler Ankrum, stock car racing driver^[3]
Nick Drake, stock car racing driver^[4]
Brandon Jones, stock car racing driver
Richie Steamboat, former professional wrestler

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lake Norman High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
^ "SCC: Viewing School - Lake Norman High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ Lunkenheimer, Beth. "Tyler Ankrum Recovers From Spin & Slide To Score Career-Best Finish at Texas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Drake Takes Another Top 10 At Langley Speedway". Bill McAnally Racing. Retrieved 18 August 2019.