Northsie College Preparatory High School (commonly referred to as Northside College Prep, Northside Prep, or simply Northside; sometimes abbreviated as NCPHS or NCP) is a Chicago Public-Magnet School. Founded in 1999, it was the first new Chicago Public High School to be built in 20 years. It is a selective admissions school, teaching at the Honors and AP levels only (excluding the P.E. department). Northside quickly earned a reputation for academic excellence. In the years 2003-2005, it has scored highest in the state on the Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, administered to juniors. In 2003, Northside's Academic Decathlon ("acadec") team defeated Whitney Young High School to take first place in the state; it was the first time in 18 years Whitney Young had not gone home with this title. It went on to win the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) Division III National Championship.