Northwest High School
Public high school in Justin, Texas · Northwest ISD · Grades 9–12
Northwest High School serves 2,672 students in grades 9–12 in Justin (Denton County). It is one of 35 schools in Northwest ISD. By enrollment it is the 132nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 17.2 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 154.97 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Northwest ISD |
| County | Denton County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 483318003732 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Northwest ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 2,672 | 32,098 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 17.2 | 15.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 29.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 81% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Northwest High School in context
Size
Northwest High School is the 3rd largest of Northwest ISD's 5 high schools; its 2,672 students are 8.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6.6 miles away and have a median of 2,298 students, so Northwest High School is close to their typical size.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 750 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 556, against an average of 668 per grade. This year grade 12 has 26% fewer students than grade 9 (556 against 750). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 47.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Northwest ISD (47.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 30.8%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Northwest High School has 154.97 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,672 students would have about 190.9 teachers, so Northwest High School has 35.9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Legacy Learning Center, 4.4 miles away in the same district. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 47.9% |
| Hispanic | 30.8% |
| Black | 13.8% |
| Asian | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
46.2% of students are girls and 53.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 750 |
| Grade 10 | 747 |
| Grade 11 | 619 |
| Grade 12 | 556 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2301 Texan Dr., Justin, TX 76247
Phone: (817)215-0200
Website: nhs.nisdtx.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Northwest High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Learning Center | Northwest ISD | 4.4 mi | 50 | 12.5 | – |
| Timber Creek High School | Keller ISD | 5.4 mi | 2,970 | 16.9 | 26.8% |
| James M Steele Early College High School | Northwest ISD | 5.4 mi | 309 | 15.7 | – |
| Byron Nelson High School | Northwest ISD | 6.4 mi | 2,969 | 18.7 | – |
| Argyle High School | Argyle ISD | 6.9 mi | 1,644 | 16.5 | – |
| Keller Compass Center | Keller ISD | 7.2 mi | 58 | 3.1 | 41.4% |
| V R Eaton High School | Northwest ISD | 7.3 mi | 3,288 | 17.9 | – |
| Keller High School | Keller ISD | 7.5 mi | 2,951 | 18.7 | 7.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.