Northwest High School

As a tight-knit high school in Mc Dermott, Ohio, Northwest High School teaches 313 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Northwest Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Northwest High School sits 45% below that benchmark.

Within Northwest Local, which oversees 19 schools and 11,022 students, Northwest High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Northwest High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the broader community, Scioto County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,609 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Scioto County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Northwest High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northwest Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Northwest High School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest High School has shrank 15%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.