Northwest Community Schools

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Northwest Community Schools
Address
6900 Rives Junction Road [1]
Jackson
, Jackson County , Michigan , 49201
United States
District information
MottoThe direction of greatness [1]
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentGeoff Bontrager, Ed.S. [2]
Schools5 [3]
Budget$45,103,000 2021–2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID 2626010 [3]
Students and staff
Students3,467 (2023–2024) [3]
Teachers195.5 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024) [3]
Staff462.36 FTE (2023–2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio17.73 [3]
Other information
Website www.nwschools.org

Northwest Community Schools is a public school district in Jackson County, Michigan. It serves parts of the following townships: Blackman, Henrietta, Rives, Sandstone, and Tompkins. [4] It also serves parts of Leslie Township and Onondaga Township in Ingham County. [5]

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History

Several small school districts northwest of Jackson consolidated in 1954 to form the Northwest Community Schools, then known as Northwest School District. Without a high school of its own, the new district continued to send high school students to Jackson High School and Springport High School. [6]

In 1955, [7] citizens in the district voted to build a high school, which opened in fall, 1957. [8] That building became the middle school [9] [10] when the current high school opened on the same campus in 1968. The architect was Commonwealth Associates. [11]

Schools

Schools in Northwest Community Schools district [12]
SchoolAddressNotes
Northwest Early Elementary3735 Lansing Avenue, JacksonGrades PreK-2
Northwest Elementary3757 Lansing Avenue, JacksonGrades 3–5
Northwest Kidder Middle School6700 Rives Junction Road, JacksonGrades 6–8. Built 1957. [8]
Northwest High School 4200 Van Horn Road, JacksonGrades 9–12. Built 1968. [11]
Northwest Connect6900 Rives Junction Road, JacksonAlternative high school

References

  1. 1 2 Northwest Community Schools. "Northwest Community Schools" . Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Northwest Community Schools. "Administration" . Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Northwest Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Jackson County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Ingham County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Northwest School District appoints first superintendent; registration set Sept. 7". Jackson Citizen Patriot. August 29, 1954. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Northwest High School bonds voted". Jackson Citizen-Patriot. April 27, 1955. p. 1.
  8. 1 2 "Annual statistical and financial report Northwest Rural Agricultural School District for the school year ended June 30, 1957". Jackson Citizen Patriot. October 2, 1957. p. 31.
  9. ↑ Editorial staff of Northwest High School yearbook. 1963 Nor'wester (Northwest High School 1963 yearbook). p. photo page 1.
  10. ↑ Northwest Community Schools. "Northwest Middle School" . Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "To dedicate new high school". Jackson Citizen Patriot. May 15, 1968. p. 22.
  12. ↑ Northwest Community Schools. "Schools menu" . Retrieved June 19, 2025.


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