North Pitt High School

North Pitt High School
Address
5659 NC-11 S Bethel, North Carolina 27812 United States
Coordinates	35°44′51″N 77°21′47″W
Information
School type	Public
Established	1970
CEEB code	340350
Principal	Maurice Harris
Faculty	52.79 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Number of students	805 (2017–18)
Student to teacher ratio	15.25
Color(s)	Orange and blue
Mascot	Panthers
Website	pitt.k12.nc.us/Domain/228

North Pitt High School is a high school located near the town of Bethel in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.

History

North Pitt opened in 1970 as the consolidated high school for the "north of the river" area of Pitt County. North Pitt, as an integrated high school, was the new school for the Belvoir, Bethel, Pactolus, Stokes, and Staton House areas, all of which made up the vast farming areas north of the Tar River. Belvoir, Bethel, and Stokes-Pactolus High Schools sent all their students that year to the school, which was headed by Principal Walter Latham and Assistant Principal E.R. McNair—who was one of the earliest black administrators in the county and still works at North Pitt, now as a substitute teacher after retiring.

The school was a sister school to cross county D. H. Conley High School in Greenville and has grown in size from its original two and a half hallway design to now include four major hallways, one vocational wing, and two outside field houses.

Notable alumni

• Greg Briley – former MLB player for the Seattle Mariners and Florida Marlins
• Ashley Sheppard – former NFL linebacker (attended North Pitt before transferring to Fork Union Military Academy)