Northwest Rankin High School

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Northwest Rankin High School
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Former campus of Northwest Rankin High School (now Northwest Rankin Middle School)
Location
Northwest Rankin High School
5805 Highway 25

Flowood
,
Mississippi

United States
Coordinates 32°21′31″N90°00′00″W / 32.35868°N 90.00005°W / 32.35868; -90.00005
Information
Type Public
School district Rankin County School District
SuperintendentSue Townsend
NCES School ID 280383001076 [1]
PrincipalLewis Bradford
Faculty115.99 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,894 [1]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio16.33 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Black and Gold Chrome
  
MascotCougar
Nickname Northwest, NWR
Website nrh.rcsd.ms
Northwest Rankin High School

Northwest Rankin High School is a suburban public high school located in Flowood, Mississippi, United States. The school serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Rankin County School District. The school's attendance was approximately 1,700 students at the 2018 campus census. [2]

Contents

Plans for the construction of a new high school were approved by the Rankin County School District board. It was completed by the start of the 2021–2022 school year. Funding for this project was approved by the District's bond issue. [2]

Academics

Northwest Rankin offers Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) and Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies. In addition, there are five four-year academic specializations (referred to as academies) offered in addition to several dual enrollment courses with Hinds Community College.

Academies

The academic specializations include the health science nursing academy, engineering academy, convergent media academy, educational leadership academy, and JROTC. All of these academies are four-year programs that the student can receive an endorsement upon graduation.

Classes

In addition to pre-AP courses, several AP courses are also offered, including AP Art, AP US History, AP US Government, AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Spanish, AP French, AP Physics 1, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, and AP Statistics. Dual credit courses including DC Algebra I, DC Algebra II, DC Biology I, DC Biology II, DC Composition I, DC Composition II, and DC Public Speaking are offered. [3]

Student body

Demographics

As of the 2023-2024 school year, the school had an attendance of 1431 students. [2]

Enrollment by Grade
9101112Ungraded
48045036738722
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More Races
3584575401,09142

Matriculation statistics

In the typical graduating class, 70% of all students attend a 2- or 4-year college or university, with 20% joining the workforce and 10% joining active US military service. From the 2017 graduating class, the estimated total scholarship award to national colleges and universities amounted to $110 million.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

Northwest Rankin offers a wide range of athletic extracurricular activities, in which most events have both women's and men's teams. The campus features a football, soccer, track, and softball field, in addition to several auxiliary outdoor athletic facilities. [4]

Sports

Performance

As of 2024, Northwest Rankin High School was ranked #7 out of 37 Jackson, MS metro area high schools, and #2 of 8 Rankin County School District high schools by U.S. News & World. [5] [6] It had the highest dropout rate (8.9%) and lowest graduation rate (89.2%) of Rankin County School District high schools. [7]

School Feeder Pattern

Northwest Rankin High School is part of a larger primary/secondary education feeder pattern.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - NORTHWEST RANKIN HIGH SCHOOL (280383001076)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "17-201 New Northwest Rankin High School at Flowood :: Plans :: Rankin County School District Online Plan Room". www.rcsdplans.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Activities - Northwest Rankin High School". nrh.rcsd.ms. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Northwest Rankin High School Athletics - Official Athletics Website". Northwest Rankin High School Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2020.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Best High Schools in the Jackson, MS Area". U.S. News & World Report. 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ "High Schools in Rankin County School District". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ "4-Year Graduation Rates" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Education. January 2024. p. 79. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "About RCSD / Our Schools". www.rcsd.ms. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  9. ↑ Horka, Tyler (December 19, 2018). "Signing Day: Northwest Rankin's Jarrian Jones signs with Mississippi State". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  10. ↑ Cook, Joe (June 1, 2022). "The Rogers brothers bonding through baseball". WAPT . Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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