NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL
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ALEGENT/IMMANUEL RTC → TRANSITION PROGRAM NORTH → Roncalli Catholic High School → Omaha Christian Academy → RADIUS HIGH SCHOOL → OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS SCHOOLS → Creighton Preparatory School → BENSON HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 📚 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 physics · 8 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 90th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 71% (Bottom 15% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 10 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ALEGENT/IMMANUEL RTC, TRANSITION PROGRAM NORTH, Roncalli Catholic High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
80th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2190th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 15% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,517 students:
≈ 278 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,743 per student in district revenue, the 278 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $4,098,554/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEGENT/IMMANUEL RTC OMAHA |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| TRANSITION PROGRAM NORTH OMAHA |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| Roncalli Catholic High School Omaha |
Private | 1.6 | 340 | -11.5% |
| Omaha Christian Academy Omaha |
Private | 1.9 | 292 | +14.1% |
| RADIUS HIGH SCHOOL OMAHA |
Public | 2.6 | — | — |
| OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS SCHOOLS OMAHA |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| Creighton Preparatory School Omaha |
Private | 3.0 | 975 | -3.2% |
| BENSON HIGH SCHOOL OMAHA |
Public | 3.1 | 1,488 | -3.7% |