NORTHWEST HIGH

NORTHWEST HIGH, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in CEDAR HILL, Missouri, part of NORTHWEST R-I, teaches 1,788 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 257% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within NORTHWEST R-I, which oversees 10 schools and 5,815 students, NORTHWEST HIGH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NORTHWEST HIGH shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTHWEST HIGH has 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting NORTHWEST HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHWEST HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which NORTHWEST HIGH is one.

CEDAR SPRINGS ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around NORTHWEST HIGH. On composite proficiency, NORTHWEST HIGH comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,792 students in 2018 compared to 1,788 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 89% over that span.

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