Northwest High School (Texas)

For schools of the same name, see Northwest High School (disambiguation).
Northwest High School
Location
2301 Texan Drive
Justin, Texas, 76247
USA
Information
Type Secondary, Public
Motto Serve Rue
Established 1949
School district Northwest Independent School District
Superintendent Rue
Principal Rose Brenner
Gender Co-Educational
Color(s)           Red & White
Athletics UIL Class AAAAA
Nickname Texans
Accreditation(s) Texas Education Agency

Northwest High School is located in Fort Worth, Texas (USA), near Justin.[1]. It is a part of Northwest Independent School District.

The school is located off Texas State Highway 114 and Texas Farm to Market Road 156, about 3 miles west of the Texas Motor Speedway, and 2 miles north of Fort Worth Alliance Airport.

It is one of only 4 schools in the nation to feature an indoor coffee shop (Byron Nelson High School, the district's other high school, is one of the remaining three). Northwest was named a 2001-02 National Blue Ribbon School.[2] It also has both a Subway and Pizza Hut in the cafeteria. Students can choose their course among 60 subjects. Also Northwest Highschool has AP course, Pre AP course, and Normal Class. All of the students at the high school received Dell Latitude 2100 netbooks in the 2009-2010 school year.

The middle schools that feed into NHS are Gene Pike Middle School and Chisolm Trail Middle School.

In the 2008-2009 school year, Northwest High school had approximately 3,100 students, and around 200 faculty members making it a 5A high school. With realignment in 2010 and the opening of Byron Nelson High School, enrollment dropped significantly, however it remains a 5A School.

References

  1. ^ "North Patrol Division." City of Fort Worth. Retrieved on October 18, 2009.
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002.( (PDF)

External links

Dallas-Fort Worth portal
Schools portal

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