Northwest Cabarrus High School - Concord, North Carolina/NC

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Northwest Cabarrus High School

5130 Nw Cabarrus Drive, Concord, NC, 28027-7624 -

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Definition of Terms

Northwest Cabarrus High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cabarrus County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1351 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

84 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 440 students

Grade 10 - 375 students

Grade 11 - 287 students

Grade 12 - 249 students

This School

( NC ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( NC ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	2%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	5%	10%
% Black	18%	33%
% White	75%	54%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

( NC ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

18%

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( NC ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Cabarrus County s School District

This School's Agency

( NC ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	29	4
Number of Students Managed	22,943 students	1,837 students
District Total Revenue	$187,262,000	$15,601,000
District Expenditure	$177,294,000	$15,623,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,162	$8,493
District Expenditure / Student	$7,728	$8,505
District Graduation Rates	79%	79%

Northwest Cabarrus High School, commonly referred to simply as Northwest and abbreviated as NCHS, is a comprehensive public high school located in Kannapolis, North Carolina. (Despite its location inside the Kannapolis city limits, the school has a Concord address and phone number.) The school is a part of the Cabarrus County Schools system and opened, along with Central Cabarrus High School, in 1966.
Academics: Northwest's academic coursework falls in line with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in all core subject areas. Advanced Placement courses are offered in United States History, American Government and Politics, Biology, Studio Art, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, English language, English Literature, Statistics, and Calculus.
Northwest was honored as a North Carolina "School of Excellence" under the state's ABC standards for public education in 2000, and is consistently recognized as a "School of Distinction."
Athletics: Northwest's athletic teams are known as the Trojans. The school is in the 3A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and has competed in the North Piedmont Conference since 2001. The school sponsors boys' football, tennis, cross country, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, baseball, track, and golf; and girls' tennis, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming, softball, track, and cheerleading.
The Trojan athletic program has won three team state championships - one in baseball (1971), and two in girls cross country (1990 and 1991). As Northwest's wrestling team is a perennial powerhouse, many individual wrestlers have won state championships in their weight classes. The Northwest baseball team has enjoyed recent success, reaching the 3A State Championship series in 2005.
For years Northwest was known for its horrible football program. The Trojans won an average of two games a year between 1990 and 1997, and suffered an infamous 97-0 defeat at the hands of A.L. Brown in 1998. However, Northwest's gridiron fortunes were lifted in the late 1990's, including a three-game-deep run in the 3A Playoffs in 1999 under then-coach Glen Padgett. The 1999 season marked Northwest's first playoff appearance since 1987. In 2005 Northwest posted a 10-1 record, an all-time best for the school, and hosted a playoff football game for the first time since 1976. In 2006 the team went an unimpressive 5-6 in the regular season, but advanced to the 3AA West regional final before losing 25-14 to Charlotte Catholic. The 2006 playoff run resulted in the first regional final appearance for Northwest since 1976, when the Trojans lost 40-8 at Pisgah.
Notable alumni: Skeet Ulrich, film actor and current star of CBS series Jericho.
Chuck Chitwood, author.
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About This Zip Code (28027)

School Zip (28027)

(NC) State Average

Population (Approximate)

32,111 people

7,780,958 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

30%

24%

Population Average Age

35 years old

35.3 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$50,424

$39,693

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.5 rooms

5.3 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

22 years old

32 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

73% / 27%

66% / 34%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Jay M Robinson High School - 1738 students - view location
2. Central Cabarrus High School - 1683 students - view location
3. Concord High School - 1221 students - view location
4. A L Brown High School - 1314 students - view location
5. Learning Academy-north - 116 students - view location
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