| Thornton Fractional North High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 755 Pulaski Road |
| Zipcode: | 60409 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.6146°N -87.5452°W |
| Superintendent: | John Robinzine[1] |
| Principal: | Brian Rucinski[2] |
| Faculty: | 142[3] |
| Teaching Staff: | 207 |
| Ceeb: | 140475[4] |
| Grade9: | 339 students |
| Grade10: | 301 students |
| Grade11: | 316 students |
| Grade12: | 303 students |
| Avg Class Size: | 21.5[5] |
| Act: | 18.0 |
| Former Name: | Thornton Fractional Township High School |
| Campus Size: | 3 Acres |
| Conference: | South Suburban Conference[6] |
| Motto: | "Hardworking, Caring, Responsible, and Respectful." |
| Mascot: | Meteor-Man |
| Yearbook: | Chronoscope[7] |
| Newspaper: | Thorntonian |
| Established: | 1926 |
| Enrollment: | 1,259 (2020-21)[8] |
| Feeder Schools: | Burnham Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School Schrum Mem. Middle School Wentworth Jr. High School |
| Homepage: | http://TFD215.org/North |
Thornton Fractional North High School (T.F. North, TF North, TFN; formerly Thornton Fractional Township High School) is a Public Secondary school in Calumet City, Illinois. It first opened its doors in March 1926.[9]
The school serves Calumet City and Burnham. T.F. North also serves over 1,700 students in grades 9–12. The school's boundaries are the City of Chicago on the North, Torrence Avenue on the West, the Indiana state line on the East, and the Little Calumet River to the South.[9]
Due to growth in the Calumet City–Lansing area, Thornton Fractional South High School was opened in 1959. The original high school that first opened in 1926 was renamed Thornton Fractional North High School. In 1963 and 1964, expansions to the 1936 building were completed.[9]
In 2010, T.F. North had an average composite ACT score of 18.0, an average class size of 21.6 Students, a 20.5 Student to Teacher Ratio, and graduated 92.8% of its Senior class.[5] T.F. North has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test used in Illinois to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[5] Overall, the school has not exceeded minimum expectations in reading, mathematics, and science.[5] It has far exceeded graduation expectations with an 87% graduation rate.[5]
The Athletics Director is Mr. DeVale Stubbs.
T.F. North competes in the South Suburban Conference and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), the body which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Teams are stylized as the Meteors. School colors are Purple and Gold.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for male and female students in badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, dance team, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.
T.F. North offers various extracurricular activities. Some of these have won Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championships in the past, such as the Drama Club.
Other activities and clubs include: Adventure Club, Auto Collision, Auto Mechanics, Chess, Concert Band, Creative Arts Magazine, Cultural Diversity, Foreign Language Club, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), Integrated Cooperative Education (ICE), J.I.L.G., Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Choir, Marching Band, Mathletes, National Honor Society (NHS), Newspaper, Peer Mediators, Pep Club, S.A.D.D., Speech Team, Radio/TV Productions (Meteor Productions), Visual Arts, and Yearbook.[10]
The following teams have placed in the top four of their respective state championship competitions sponsored by the IHSA:[11]