Northwestern Junior/Senior High School

As a moderately sized high school in Springfield, Ohio, Northwestern Junior/Senior High School enrolls 731 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Northwestern Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Northwestern Junior/Senior High School sits 29% above that benchmark.

Within Northwestern Local, which oversees 5 schools and 2,924 students, Northwestern Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwestern Junior/Senior High School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Northwestern Junior/Senior High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Northwestern Junior/Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Northwestern Junior/Senior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 74.1%; actual is 58.3%, a gap of -15.8 points.

In the area at large, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,132, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Clark County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,515 students), Northwestern Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northwestern Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Northwestern Junior/Senior High School's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 837 (now 731).

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