Lake Norman High School
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Lake Norman High School is located in Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville is a large suburban town in southern Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. It is in the Metrolina metro area. The population was 32,133 at the 2010 United States Census...

. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman
Lake Norman
Lake Norman, created between 1959 and 1964 as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy, is the largest manmade body of fresh water located in North Carolina.-General Information:...

. Lake Norman High was built to relieve over crowding at near-by South Iredell High School. 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. It is also, arguably, the worst school on the face of the planet according to its student body.

Size

The school, as of the 1st day of school in the 2008-2009 year, has a student body of about 1,925. There are currently over 2,000 students attending. The school was originally built for 1,300 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshman Academy.

Athletics

The school has men's and women's teams in soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming, diving, cross-country, track, and lacrosse. Men's sports also include football, wrestling, and baseball; women's sports also include volleyball, softball, and cheerleading.

The school has won state championships in men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2008), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have also been crowned in Wrestling (2009, 2010, and 2011), women's tennis (2008), and men's and women's swimming (2009 and 2010).

The school competes in the I-Meck athletic conference, made up of several regional 4A schools: Lake Norman, Mooresville, Hough, North Mecklenburg, Hopewell, Vance, Mallard Creek, and West Charlotte.

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