Northwest High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Clarksville, Tennessee

Northwest High in Clarksville, Tennessee enrolled 1,441 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 17% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 86% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 6%

1,456 students in 2022-23, 1,432 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 79.4 to 74.9.

Students enrolled at Northwest High by school year2022-23: 1,456, 2023-24: 1,43205001k1.5k2022-231,4562023-241,432
Students enrolled at Northwest High by school year2022-23: 1,456, 2023-24: 1,43205001k1.5k2022-231,4562023-241,432
Students enrolled at Northwest High by school year2022-23: 1,456, 2023-24: 1,43205001k1.5k2022-231,4562023-241,432
Students enrolled at Northwest High by school year2022-23: 1,456, 2023-24: 1,43205001k1.5k2022-231,4562023-241,432
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,45679.418.3
2023-241,43274.919.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

13 AP courses and one counselor per 340 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Northwest High enrolled 1,359 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 194 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses13
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 340 of the 1,359 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions194
  • Chronically absent33.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

40.5% of students were White, 30.1% Black, 17.3% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. White40.5%
  2. Black30.1%
  3. Hispanic17.3%
  4. Two or more races9.8%
  5. Asian1.0%
  6. Pacific Islander1.0%
  7. American Indian0.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Northwest High scored proficient or above: 17% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math17%37% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

86% of the 328 students in Northwest High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate86%88%87.3%
Students in the class3282,52771,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Clarksville

8 public high schools in Clarksville report 2024-25 enrollment; Northwest High is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
West Creek High1,60020.2not reported
Clarksville High1,53018.9not reported
Rossview High1,52919.3not reported
Northwest High1,44118.3not reported
Northeast High1,33521.3not reported
Kenwood High1,23819.8not reported
Middle College @ Austin Peay State University10526.3not reported
CMCSS Adult High School9918.7not reported

All public schools in Clarksville →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Northwest High

  1. Kenwood HighThe nearest public high school, 3.1 miles away: 1,238 students, 19.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.1 mi
  2. West Creek HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.5 miles away: 1,600 students, 20.2 per teacher (2024-25).3.5 mi
  3. Compare Northwest High with Kenwood HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Clarksville-Montgomery County School System spends per student$10,645 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,645
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeNorthwest High is the number 57 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#57 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Northwest High

  1. How many students attend Northwest High?
    1,441 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,456 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Clarksville, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest High?
    18.3 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Northwest High a Title I school?
    Northwest High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Northwest High do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Northwest High scored proficient or above: 17% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Northwest High?
    86% of the 328 students in Northwest High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Northwest High in?
    Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, NCES district ID 4703030. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470303001219 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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