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Northwestern 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
7473 N Elyria Rd
West Salem, OH 44287
Phone
(419) 846-3833
District
Northwestern Local
County
WAYNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
353
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Ohio

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.0% of all OH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
53%
63%
64%
41%
43%
52%
53%
63%
64%
41%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
16
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 110 31.2%
Grade 10 100 28.3%
Grade 11 59 16.7%
Grade 12 84 23.8%
Total 353 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.0% 97.9% 70.6%
Black 0.0% 0.2% 18.2%
Hispanic 2.0% 1.9% 7.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.4% 35.9% 23.0%
Free lunch eligible 30.0% 28.5% 19.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.3% 7.4% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,280 11,756,058
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 90.3 287
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.0% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.2% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,956 4,789,408
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 8.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.5% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.9% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.7% 15.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.7% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 21.7% 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.7% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.3% 12.0%
$15,000 or less 4.9% 9.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,637 $8,402,000 60.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $244 $309,000 2.2%
Staff $375 $475,000 3.4%
General Administration $443 $561,000 4.0%
School Administration $430 $545,000 3.9%
Operation $866 $1,096,000 7.9%
Transportation $603 $763,000 5.5%
Other $169 $214,000 1.5%
Total Support $3,130 $3,963,000 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,256 $1,590,000 11.4%
Total Expenditures $11,023 $13,955,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,356 $14,044,139,000 48.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,054 $1,771,718,000 6.2%
Staff $534 $896,936,000 3.1%
General Administration $462 $776,884,000 2.7%
School Administration $746 $1,253,921,000 4.4%
Operation $1,161 $1,951,631,000 6.8%
Transportation $580 $974,095,000 3.4%
Other $681 $1,144,030,000 4.0%
Total Support $5,218 $8,769,215,000 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,555 $5,975,295,000 20.8%
Total Expenditures $17,130 $28,788,649,000 100.0%
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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