Northern High School (also known as Northern Durham) is a public secondary school located in northern Durham, North Carolina. Northern's current principal is Danny Gilfort. 1536 students were enrolled at Northern for the 2017–2018 school year. Northern is one of Durham's seven public high schools. Students take four classes each day as a block schedule is currently in place. Northern's mascot for their male teams is the Knights and for the female teams, it is the Ladies.