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Northwest High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4200 Van Horn Rd
Jackson, MI 49201
Phone
(517) 817-4702
District
Northwest Community Schools
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
972
Classroom Teachers
52

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

4

(10 is best)

Better than 34.9% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Northwest High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
41%
45%
52%
16%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
18
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 273 28.1%
Grade 10 251 25.8%
Grade 11 213 21.9%
Grade 12 235 24.2%
Total 972 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.9% 86.3% 67.0%
Black 4.0% 5.1% 19.1%
Hispanic 7.0% 7.5% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 0.8% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.5% 51.3% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 36.0% 47.5% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 3.8% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 28,430 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 276.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.3% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,027 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.5% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.9% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.9% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.3% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.4% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.2% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 6.0% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,537 $23,270,000 59.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $386 $1,374,000 3.5%
Staff $147 $522,000 1.3%
General Administration $529 $1,883,000 4.8%
School Administration $740 $2,634,000 6.7%
Operation $731 $2,602,000 6.6%
Transportation $407 $1,448,000 3.7%
Other $131 $467,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,070 $10,930,000 27.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,439 $5,123,000 13.0%
Total Expenditures $11,046 $39,323,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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