Northwest High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Northwest High School
Address
10761 Pippin Road Cincinnati , (Hamilton County) , Ohio 45231 United States
Coordinates	39°16′18″N84°34′35″W / 39.27167°N 84.57639°W / 39.27167; -84.57639
Information
Type	Public, coeducational
Motto	Educating Leaders for Tomorrow
School district	Northwest Local School District
Superintendent	Darrell Yater [1]
Principal	Alexander Shrewsberry [2]
Teaching staff	42.10 (FTE) [3]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	948 (2023–2024) [3]
Student to teacher ratio	22.52 [3]
Color(s)	Blue and Gold [4]
Fight song	"Hail to the Victors"
Athletics conference	Southwest Ohio Conference [4]
Sports	Baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, volleyball, wrestling
Team name	Knights [4]
Rival	Mt. Healthy High School (Mt. Healthy, Ohio)
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [5]
Newspaper	Northwest Times / Northwest Press
Website	nwhs.nwlsd.org

Northwest High School is a public high school located in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, near Cincinnati. It is part of the Northwest Local School District.

The school colors are blue and gold. The motto is "Educating Leaders for Tomorrow". The mascot is the knight, and the sports teams are known as "The Knights."

Athletics

Northwest offers several sports, including baseball, volleyball, softball, basketball, track and field, cross country, cheerleading, soccer, football, swimming, golf, bowling, tennis, and wrestling.

Northwest competes in the Southwest Ohio Conference. All competitive sports teams from the school are Division I, except the football team, which is Division II. Their cross country team has improved in the last three years. The Lady Knights' cross country team was crowned League Champions two years in a row. The men's team is also highly competitive, as they have finished second in Leagues two years in a row.

Clubs and organizations

Northwest High School offers a variety of clubs, including Green Club, Latin Club, Student Senate, Key Club, Cabin Time (Christian Organization), O.A.B., and United Knights.

School music programs include String Orchestra and Band (including Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band). A marching band performs at all home and some away football games. During the winter season, a band plays at home basketball games. A choir branches off into a Women's Ensemble, which performs in the community along with a competitive show choir known as "Knight Lights" that has performed in competitions in Ohio and Indiana. For the last two years, the Women's Ensemble has been on the Star64 Holiday Carols program, which showcases the area's best choirs.

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League ^[6] and National Junior Classical League. ^[7]

Alumni

• Preston Brown - former NFL football linebacker
• Jeremy Chappell - professional basketball player
• Mark Clouse - Washington Commanders president and former food industry CEO
• Lori Foster - New York Times Bestselling Author
• Lewis Johnson - ESPN commentator
• Sharon L. Kennedy - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio and former police officer
• Jaycie Phelps - Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic gold medal U.S. women's gymnastics team
• Scott Sauerbeck - former Major League Baseball player
• Quentin Sims - NFL and Arena Football League player
• Brian Townsend - former NFL football linebacker

External links

• Northwest's official website

References

1. "Office of the Superintendent". Northwest Local Schools. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
2. "About Northwest High School". Northwest High School. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
3. "Northwest High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
4. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
5. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
6. "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
7. "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010. ... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.