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Enrollment
731
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWESTERN LOCAL·NCES 390462602495
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School
5650 Troy Rd, Springfield, OH 45502 · (937) 964-1324 · Clark County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Ohio public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
285 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 7 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 160 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 113 | 15% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Northwestern Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.4pp since 2021
Math
51.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 50.5% |
| 2022-23 | 57.8% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 63.6% | 54.8% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 74% 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 Northwestern Junior/Senior High School
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Junior/Senior High School this school | 731 | 39.0% | 58.3% |
| Miami Trace High School Washington Court House | 747 | 41.2% | 70.2% |
| Crestwood High School Mantua | 598 | 39.5% | 64.6% |
| Buckeye Career Center New Philadelphia | 876 | 38.5% | N/A |
| Taylor High School Cleves | 608 | 38.3% | 67.0% |
| Williamsburg High School Williamsburg | 531 | 38.2% | 71.3% |
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 Northwestern Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #342 of 403 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #365 of 776 ▼ 28 | #2 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #499 of 774 ▼ 19 | #6 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #85 of 742 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #239 of 888 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #620 of 739 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #414 of 749 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #254 of 435 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #227 of 484 | N/A |
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
731
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 731 | 36 | 20.3:1 | 39% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 32 | 22.1:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 32 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 40 | 20.9:1 | 30% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 37 | 22.1:1 | 28% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 38% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 5% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 39 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwestern Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (837 to 731); teachers down 10% (40 to 36).
About Northwestern Junior/Senior High School
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School is a high school in Springfield, Ohio, reachable at (937) 964-1324. Its 731 students are spread across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 29% bigger than the 565 average for high schools in Ohio.
Besides Northwestern Junior/Senior High School, Northwestern Local runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 1,681 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Northwestern Junior/Senior High School. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 20.3:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. That is 17 points below the 56% average for public schools in Clark County.
allk12 grades Northwestern Junior/Senior High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.8 points (58.3% versus 74.1%), a bottom-10% result in Ohio on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Clark County, the median household income is $63,132, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clark County has 44 public schools and roughly 20,515 students.
Of nearby public schools, Northwestern Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Northwestern Junior/Senior High School.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school's size has been steady, with 730 students in 2020-21 and 731 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 22.8 in 2020-21 to 20.3 in 2024-25.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
135,158
Census ACS
Median income
$63,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwestern Local
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Kenton Ridge Middle/High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
- Kenton Ridge ElementaryElementary · 984 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Global Impact STEM AcademyHigh · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Elementary School0.1 mi · 950
- Donnelsville Elementary School5.5 mi · 333
- Snyder Park Elementary School5.8 mi · 373
- Snowhill Elementary School5.8 mi · 420
- Clark Early Learning Center6.2 mi · 344
- Buckeye Community School - Springfield6.7 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Northwestern Junior/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Northwestern Junior/Senior High School?
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 731 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Northwestern Junior/Senior High School serve?
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwestern Junior/Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwestern Junior/Senior High School is approximately 20.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northwestern Junior/Senior High School?
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Northwestern Junior/Senior High School public or private?
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northwestern Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.