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Northwest High School, Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 29 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 30 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 590 | 567 | 523 | 496 | 479 | 426 | 432 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 204 | 34.6% | 195 | 34.4% | 181 | 34.6% | 169 | 34.1% | 157 | 32.8% | 115 | 27.0% | 115 | 26.6% |
| Grade 10: | 153 | 25.9% | 155 | 27.3% | 141 | 27.0% | 129 | 26.0% | 117 | 24.4% | 107 | 25.1% | 108 | 25.0% |
| Grade 11: | 120 | 20.3% | 115 | 20.3% | 107 | 20.5% | 99 | 20.0% | 104 | 21.7% | 104 | 24.4% | 104 | 24.1% |
| Grade 12: | 113 | 19.2% | 102 | 18.0% | 94 | 18.0% | 99 | 20.0% | 101 | 21.1% | 100 | 23.5% | 105 | 24.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 289 | 49.0% | 268 | 47.3% | 237 | 45.3% | 227 | 45.8% | 225 | 47.0% | 196 | 46.0% | 200 | 46.3% |
| Female: | 301 | 51.0% | 299 | 52.7% | 286 | 54.7% | 269 | 54.2% | 246 | 51.4% | 222 | 52.1% | 228 | 52.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 6 | 1.0% | 9 | 1.6% | 9 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.6% | 8 | 1.7% | 5 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 406 | 68.8% | 380 | 67.0% | 346 | 66.2% | 324 | 65.3% | 331 | 69.1% | 257 | 60.3% | 281 | 65.0% |
| White: | 176 | 29.8% | 176 | 31.0% | 165 | 31.5% | 164 | 33.1% | 140 | 29.2% | 161 | 37.8% | 150 | 34.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 380 | 64.4% | 383 | 67.5% | 332 | 63.5% | 321 | 64.7% | 286 | 59.7% | 241 | 56.6% | 257 | 59.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 9.5% | 58 | 10.2% | 49 | 9.4% | 74 | 14.9% | 63 | 13.2% | 48 | 11.3% | 56 | 13.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.34 | 17.79 | 17.43 | 14.26 | 14.09 | 12.90 | 14.60 | |||||||
* Northwest High School, Students and Teachers was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.