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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northwest High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
480
High
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST LOCAL·NCES 390499003742
Northwest High School
8580 Erie Ave NW, Canal Fulton, OH 44614 · (330) 854-2205 · Stark County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
144 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 122 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 147 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 21% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +11.5pp since 2021
Math
71.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.9% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 73.2% |
| 2022-23 | 79.6% | 74.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.4% | 64.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northwest High School
Northwest High School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest High School this school | 480 | 30.0% | 80.6% |
| Clinton-Massie High School Clarksville | 486 | 27.0% | 70.5% |
| Lakeview High School Cortland | 580 | 29.0% | 77.2% |
| Manchester High School New Franklin | 394 | 32.5% | 74.3% |
| New Bremen High School New Bremen | 384 | 28.1% | 92.5% |
| Tuslaw High School Massillon | 368 | 31.8% | 79.5% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northwest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #81 of 403 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #118 of 776 ▼ 32 | #3 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #71 of 774 ▲ 71 | #4 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #140 of 742 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #398 of 888 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #345 of 739 | #5 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #651 of 749 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #321 of 435 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #132 of 484 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
480
-77 (-14%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 30% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 30.7 | 16.2:1 | 31% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 29.7 | 19.1:1 | 25% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 30 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 32.1 | 18.2:1 | 30% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 30 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 23% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 5% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 36 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (585 to 480); teachers down 7% (32.1 to 30).
About Northwest High School
The public high school Northwest High School is located in Canal Fulton, Ohio. Enrollment totals 480 students across grades 9 through 12.
Northwest Local counts 1,636 students in its 4 schools, and Northwest High School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Northwest High School is 95% White. The county population is about 85% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
Classroom staffing at Northwest High School totals 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. Compared with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 30% of students (144) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Northwest High School lands at A, ahead of 92% of Ohio public high schools.
Northwest High School is 3.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (80.6% versus 77.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
In the wider Stark County area, the median household earns about $67,934 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Stark County, 101 public schools serve about 53,798 students.
Northwest High School's closest public school neighbor is Northwest Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Northwest High School is behind the 82.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 557 to 480, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.6:1 to 16.0:1.
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Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwest Local
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 405 students
- W. S. Stinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Northwest Primary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other schools in Canal Fulton
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 405 students
- W. S. Stinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Northwest Primary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other Northwest High schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest High. Northwest High School is the 14th largest of the 16.
- Northwest High SchoolCincinnati, OH · 910 students
- Northwest High SchoolMc Dermott, OH · 313 students
- Northwest High SchoolJUSTIN, TX · 2,672 students
- Northwest HighGermantown, MD · 2,300 students
- Northwest High SchoolFlowood, MS · 1,855 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Middle School0.1 mi · 405
- W. S. Stinson Elementary School0.2 mi · 384
- Northwest Primary School0.3 mi · 367
- Manchester Middle School3.5 mi · 275
- Nolley Elementary School4.1 mi · 527
- Manchester High School4.2 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest High SchoolHow large is Northwest High School?
Northwest High School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Northwest High School serve?
Northwest High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwest High School is approximately 16.0:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Northwest High School?
Student demographics at Northwest High School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Northwest High School in?
Northwest High School is part of Northwest Local.
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