| Definition of Terms |
Millard North High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Douglas County, NE |
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| Total Students |
2429 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
144 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 636 students | | Grade 10 - 634 students | | Grade 11 - 574 students | | Grade 12 - 585 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:17 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
1% |
| % Asian |
4% |
1% |
| % Hispanic |
2% |
7% |
| % Black |
1% |
6% |
| % White |
93% |
82% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
3% |
19% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
1% |
8% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
1% |
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| School District Name |
Millard Public s School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
35 |
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| Number of Students Managed |
20,904 students |
345 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$177,784,000 |
$3,702,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$161,126,000 |
$3,400,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,505 |
$10,730 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$7,708 |
$9,855 |
| District Graduation Rates |
95% |
94% |
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- Millard North High School is a high school in the Millard Public Schools district. Opened in 1981, Millard North is now the largest school in Nebraska. Millard North partially opened in 1978 for 9th and 10th grade students. In 1981, the second phase of the project was completed and the school began to serve students in grades 9-12; at that time, the school's name was changed to Millard North High School. The school completed an expansion in 2007.
- International Baccalaureate
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Millard North is currently the only high school in Omaha to carry the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Along with Millard North Middle School, Millard North High School offers the IB Middle Years Programme.The middle years program is for 9th and 10th graders and the Diploma program is for 11th and 12th graders.
- Foreign languages
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Classes in five foreign languages (Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Latin) are offered.
- Fed Challenge
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Millard North participated in the Fed Challenge in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, the team of Sidra Akhter, Brittany Ford, Andrew Grimm, Shelly Malik, Kirsten Miller, and Niveditha Rajagopalan won the regional championship after competition at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank to later become national semifinalists. Millard North could not field a team in 2008 because the 10th Federal Reserve District's Fed Challenge program was discontinued after the 2007 competition.
- Forensics
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Millard North currently has the largest forensics program in Nebraska. The team is regularly ranked in the top three at the NSAA State Speech Tournament and were state runner-ups in 2008 & 2009. Millard North regularly attends regional and national circuit tournaments qualifying students for numerous outrounds. The team qualifies numerous students each year to the national tournament. The team is also ranked 25th out of the 3,000 schools that are members of the NFL.
- Athletics
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The Millard North Mustangs football team played in the Nebraska high school state championship game for four consecutive years (2002 – 2005) and won state championship in 2003 and 2005. The 2005 team finished with the third-highest rushing total by a team in one season in high school football history, with one 2000-yard rusher (QB Jeff Tarpinian) and two 1500-yard rushers (FB Paul Homer, HB Corey Young). In 2006 the Mustangs defeated Lincoln Southwest High School in a five-overtime bout that currently stands as the longest game in Nebraska playoff football history. The Mustangs returned to the state championship game in 2007, losing to Omaha Central 26-21.
- The Mustangs baseball team played in four out of five Nebraska high school state championship games between 2002 and 2006. The 2005 team posted the best record in Nebraska high school baseball history with 35 wins and no losses on their way to the school's first state baseball championship in 15 years and the first baseball team to go undefeated in Nebraska in 21 years. The leading hitter, and one of six 1st-Team All-State Team members, on that undefeated team was Connor Gillaspie, a third baseman drafted early in the second round of the 2008 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants.
- In 2007, the boys soccer team, arguably the best ever in Nebraska, went undefeated to win the state championship against Lincoln East High School, 4-2, with a record of 22-0, and posting a state record of 17 shutouts. In 2008, the girls soccer team went 18-1 to win the state title against Westside High School, 2-1.
- 2001 Heisman Trophy Winner Eric Crouch attended Millard North
- San Francisco Giants 3rd Baseman #50 Conor Gillaspie attended Millard North
- Former NFL and AFL receiver Todd Doxzon attended Millard North. His belt currently hangs in the Millard North weight room.
- Ryan Malone of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche attended Millard North. Stastny is projected to play for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics.
- Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Zagurski attended Millard North.
- Denver Broncos Offensive Lineman Seth Olsen
- Media depictions
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Millard North was the initial choice to be the filming location of Election, but the Millard School Board thought the movie was too obscene to be filmed there. References to "Millard High" can be seen in the original drafts of Alexander Payne's script for Election.
- Hoofbeat
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The "Hoofbeat" is Millard North's student newspaper. It has received the Cornhusker Award ten times.
- External links
- Millard North High School official website
- Millard North Alumni Website
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| About This Zip Code (68154) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
23,498 people |
1,646,465 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
56% |
25% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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35 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.4 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$58,373
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$41,096 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.1 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
28 years old |
44 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
60% / 40% |
65% / 35% |
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