January 21, 2011
Northside School District students were named commended students in the 56th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Although not advancing to the next level, commended students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition. Commended students are:
| Karan | Chadha | Brandeis High School |
| Amanda | Crowell | Brandeis High School |
| Jasmine | Gonzales | Brandeis High School |
| Debora | Hinojosa | Brandeis High School |
| Samantha | Lavallee | Brandeis High School |
| Brooke | Chatterton | Business Careers High School |
| Michael | Jones | Clark High School |
| Ryan | Jones | Clark High School |
| Connally | Lewis | Clark High School |
| Lucas | Meade | Clark High School |
| Shayna | Ratner | Clark High School |
| Cash | Reid | Clark High School |
| Peter | Rozanski | Clark High School |
| Michael | Vu | Clark High School |
| Lucas | Arredondo | Communications Arts High School |
| Jonathan | Coll | Communications Arts High School |
| Kimberly | Inman | Communications Arts High School |
| McKenzie | Quinn | Communications Arts High School |
| Marina | Deyle | Health Careers High School |
| Bernard | Kauffman | Health Careers High School |
| Harrison | Pullattu | Health Careers High School |
| Alyssa | Bennett | Jay Science & Engineering Academy |
| Nicholas | McCleerey | Jay Science & Engineering Academy |
| Leonie | Versteeg | Jay Science & Engineering Academy |
| Olivia | Frank | Marshall High School |
| Whitney | Sattler | Marshall High School |
| Tyler | Sowell | Marshall High School |
| Jaaron | Botello | O'Connor High School |
| Thomas | Branyon | O'Connor High School |
| Shannon | Cates | O'Connor High School |
| Laura | Dixon | O'Connor High School |
| Michael | Dong | O'Connor High School |
| Rebecca | Miller | O'Connor High School |
| Nicholas | Sako | O'Connor High School |
| Nicholas | Schaedel | O'Connor High School |
| John | Schaefer | O'Connor High School |
| Taylor | Francis | Taft High School |