Des Moines North High School

North High School
School Founded	1885
Team Established	1995
History
City	Des Moines, Iowa
Team Colors	Pink, green, and white
Principal	Matt Smith
Head Coach	Archie Cook (1998)
Associate/Other Head Coach(es)	Mark Schmidt(2004)
National Championships	None
State Championships	None
Regional/County Championships	3 (2011-2013)
Region/County Location	Central Iowa
Highest Finish	2011 - 4th Place IA state
School Website	Des Moines North High School

Des Moines North High School is a public school in Des Moines, IA. North was founded in 1885 and has a 9-12 student enrollment of about 1100 students, placing it in the large schools division of Iowa and medium schools at the national level.

Mark Schmidt and Archie Cook are the head coaches of North's Academic Decathlon program, which has been competing since 1995.

Since 2004, when Mark Schmidt joined Archie Cook in coaching, the team has advanced to the state competition every year. In 2012, the team broke its record for highest score, attaining 35,051 at the state competition, putting it in 5th place. Although this score was the highest that North had ever achieved, the ranking this year was lower than the previous year, 2011.

Team History

Year	Regional Rank	Regionals Score	State Rank	State Score	Nationals Rank
1998	Unknown	29,801	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
1999	Unknown	22,272	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2000	Unknown	23,677	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2005	12th	24,652	10th	24,590	DNQ
2006	Unknown	Unknown	8th	27,978	DNQ
2007	12th	26,564	Unknown	Unknown	DNQ
2008	9th	25,168	9th	27,764	DNQ
2009	Unknown	Unknown	9th	29,631	DNQ
2010	8th	26,758	6th	28,184.1	DNQ
2011	5th	29,330.0[1]	4th	33,087	DNQ
2012	5th	31,021[1]	5th	35,051	7th - medium e-nationals
2013	4th	29,265.5[1]	3rd	32,754.4	10th - medium e-nationals

1. Iowa scores are extrapolated from 9 events (Iowa excludes Essay.) NOTE: Extrapolated scores do not always serve as accurate indicators: http://nniling.us/605/