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 | |
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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 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.