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Northwest High School (Texas)

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School type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Jason Childress

Enrollment
  
2332

Founded
  
1949

Phone
  
+1 817-215-0200

Established
  
1949

Grades
  
9-12

Color(s)
  
Red & White

Mascot
  
Texans/Lady Texans

Address
  
2301 Texan Dr, Justin, TX 76247, USA

District
  
Northwest Independent School District

Profiles

Northwest High School is a public high school located in far northern Fort Worth, Texas, with a Justin postal address. Located in southwest Denton County and classified as a 5A school by the UIL, it is a part of the Northwest Independent School District. The school is located southwest of Texas State Highway 114 and Farm to Market Road 156, about a mile west of the Texas Motor Speedway, and two miles north of Fort Worth Alliance Airport. In 2013, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

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It is one of four 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.) It also has both a Subway and Pizza Hut in the cafeteria. Students can choose their courses from 60 subjects. Northwest High School offers an Advanced Placement program. All of the students at the high school received Dell Latitude 2100 netbooks in the 2009-2010 school year. Northwest was named a 2001-02 National Blue Ribbon School.

History

Northwest ISD was created in 1948 when the communities of Haslet, Justin, Rhome and Roanoke met to consolidate their school districts into one. The community of Fairview was added to the district the next year. Construction began in 1950 on a consolidated high school.

Feeder schools

The middle schools that feed into Northwest High School are:

  • Gene Pike Middle School
  • Chisolm Trail Middle School
  • Truett Wilson Middle School
  • Gene Pike Middle School is an America's Choice School.

    Athletics

    The Northwest Texans compete in volleyball, cross country, football, basketball, powerlifting, wrestling, swimming, soccer, golf, tennis, track, baseball, softball and cheerleading.

    Notable alumni

  • Tyler Collins – outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
  • Mark Followill – sports announcer, primarily for the Dallas Mavericks.
  • Laina Morris – internet personality
  • Jared Retkofsky – former long snapper for the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Chester Rushing – starred in Netflix original series, Stranger Things
  • Jordan Wall – played Joe Talbot in the children's public television show Wishbone (1998).
  • Dustin May – 3rd Round Pick for the Los Angeles Dodgers, (2016–present)
  • References

    Northwest High School (Texas) Wikipedia