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Northwestern High School

6900 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215-1608

Tel: (410)396-0646

Grades: 9-12 | 870 students

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Northwestern High School serves 870 students in grades 9-12.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the MD state average of 13:1.
The school's 56% graduation rate is lower than the MD state average of 85%.
Minority enrollment is 99% of the student body.
Northwestern High School is one of 49 public high schools within Baltimore, and operates within the Baltimore City Public s School District.

The nearest elementary school is Fallstaff Elementary School (0.2 miles away), the nearest middle school is Pikesville Middle School (0.8 miles away), and the nearest high school is Pikesville High School (0.9 miles away).

Source: 2011 NCES data, MD Dept. of Educ.	Northwestern High School
Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	870 students

% Male / % Female	55% / 45%
Total Classroom Teachers	60 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(MD) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	13:1

	This School	(MD) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	6%

% Hispanic	1%	11%

% Black	95%	37%

% White	1%	43%

Unknown	2%	3%


	This School	(MD) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	75%	33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	5%	7%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Baltimore City Public s School District
	This School's Agency	(MD) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	204	28
Number of Students Managed	82,266 students	16,752 students

District Total Revenue	$1,382,981,000	$244,248,000

District Expenditure	$1,359,782,000	$238,340,000

District Revenue / Student	$16,811	$14,580

District Expenditure / Student	$16,529	$14,228

District Graduation Rates	56%	85%

Nearby Schools:

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Northwestern High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0 mi. away

Fallstaff Elementary School
Grades: PK-8 | 0.2 mi. away

Milbrook Elementary School
Grades: 1-5 | 0.6 mi. away

Pikesville Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | 0.8 mi. away

Pikesville High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0.9 mi. away

Wellwood International Elementary School
Grades: KG-5 | 0.9 mi. away

View all schools in: Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Zip 21215

Related School News:

Northwestern High School should stay open - Baltimore Sun
posted on December 7, 2012 at 02:48:36 pm
Northwestern High School should stay openBaltimore SunNorthwestern High School, a comprehensive, coeducational public high school on Park Heights Avenue in ...
Northwestern High School alumni group preparing to fight closure
posted on December 5, 2012 at 03:40:00 am
The Northwestern High School Alumni Association has set "Operation Hands-Off Northwestern" in motion. The association's leadership met Tuesday with parents and community activists to map out what they say will be a fight to ...
26 city schools to close by 2022
posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:10:00 am
Baltimore will close 26 schools and upgrade 136 others over the next decade, the city's school system announced Tuesday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Included is Northwestern High School, whose closure alumni ...

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