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Enrollment
910
High
DISTRICT 860 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST LOCAL·NCES 390473602859
Northwest High School
10761 Pippin Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45231 · (513) 851-7300 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
542 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 218 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 242 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 230 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 24% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
50.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.7pp since 2021
Math
45.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 35.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.5% | 30.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (43.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest High School this school | 910 | 59.6% | 43.6% |
| Colerain High School Cincinnati | 1,591 | 61.1% | 50.0% |
| Arts & College Preparatory Academy Columbus | 473 | 51.6% | 51.3% |
| Scarlet Oaks Cdc Cincinnati | 1,023 | 54.0% | N/A |
| Westerville-South High School Westerville | 1,509 | 49.4% | 68.8% |
| Wayne High School Huber Heights | 1,772 | 56.3% | 48.5% |
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 Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #399 of 403 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #439 of 776 ▲ 69 | #17 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #582 of 774 ▲ 49 | #20 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #170 of 742 | #9 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #167 of 888 | #18 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #685 of 739 | #32 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #16 of 749 | #1 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #106 of 435 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #153 of 198 | #12 of 16 |
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
910
+27 (+3%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,007
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 910 | 40.1 | 22.7:1 | 60% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 42.1 | 22.5:1 | 63% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 948 | 41.7 | 22.8:1 | 57% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 883 | 38 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 40.7 | 21.7:1 | 53% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 929 | 47 | 19.8:1 | 54% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | 56 | 17.6:1 | 48% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 1,256 | 79 | 15.9:1 | 17% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 1,007 | 61 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (885 to 910); teachers down 2% (40.7 to 40.1).
About Northwest High School
In Cincinnati, Ohio, part of Hamilton County, Northwest High School is a high school. Federal data show 910 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 565.
Northwest High School is one school in a 12-school district, Northwest Local, which enrolls 8,260 students.
The biggest share of students at Northwest High School, 42%, is Black. The rest of enrollment is 30% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Hamilton County's population at about 24%. The diversity index for Northwest High School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Northwest High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1, with 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average 17.7:1. The school has 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hamilton County is 34%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Northwest High School would score about 66.3%. It scores 43.6%, a bottom-10% result among Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Hamilton County show the median household earns about $72,470 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Northwest High School, Hamilton County has 212 public schools.
Northwest High School is about 0.5 miles from Hamilton Cnty Math & Science, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 883 (2020-21) to 910 (2024-25).
The discussion board for Northwest High School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwest Local
- Colerain High SchoolHigh · 1,591 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
- Struble Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 759 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Pleasant Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Other Northwest High schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest High. Northwest High School is the 11th largest of the 16.
- Northwest High SchoolCanal Fulton, OH · 480 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
- Hamilton Cnty Math & Science0.5 mi · 622
- Mt. Healthy North Elementary School0.9 mi · 549
- Taylor Elementary School1.3 mi · 797
- Pleasant Run Middle School1.8 mi · 661
- Pleasant Run Elementary School1.8 mi · 759
- Houston Educational Service and Early Childhood Center2.3 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest High SchoolHow many students attend Northwest High School?
Northwest High School enrolls approximately 910 students in grades 09-12.
Is Northwest High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Northwest High School have?
Northwest High School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwest High School?
Student demographics at Northwest High School are roughly 30% White, 12% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwest High School?
Northwest High School is overseen by Northwest Local in Hamilton County.
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