Norman Public Schools
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Norman Public Schools is a public school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 serving Norman
Norman, Oklahoma
Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...

, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. There are over 14,000 students enrolled in the district. The district consists of 15 elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools.

High schools

There are two high schools in the Norman Public Schools district:
  • Norman High School
    Norman High School
    Norman High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Norman, Oklahoma with a steady enrollment of 1,945 students. It is accredited by North Central Association, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association...

  • Norman North High School
    Norman North High School
    Norman North High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Norman, Oklahoma. It was established on August 21, 1997, on the grounds of what had been Longfellow Middle School since 1972.-Name and Origin:...


Middle schools

The middle schools in the district are named for famous American writers. The middle schools are as follows:
  • Alcott Middle School
  • Irving Middle School
  • Longfellow Middle School
  • Whittier Middle School

Elementary schools

Fourteen (soon 15) of the elementary schools in the district are named for List of Presidents of the United States, while one is named due to its close proximity to Lake Thunderbird
Lake Thunderbird
Lake Thunderbird is a reservoir within the city limits of Norman, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The lake was constructed between 1962 and 1965 for the purpose of providing municipal water to nearby communities. It is formed by an earthfill embankment 7,300 feet long and up to high on the...

. These schools are:
  • Adams Elementary School
  • Cleveland Elementary School
  • Eisenhower Elementary School
  • Jackson Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Kennedy Elementary School
  • Lakeview Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Madison Elementary School
  • McKinley Elementary School
  • Monroe Elementary School
  • Reagan Elementary School (under construction)
  • Roosevelt Elementary School
  • Truman Elementary School
  • Washington Elementary School
  • Wilson Elementary School

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