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Northwest High
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Northwest High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

1220 N Tyler Rd, Wichita, KS 67212 · (316) 973-6000 · Part of Wichita Unified School District 259

Wichita’s School Grade D better than 5% of Kansas school districts

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Photo: Freekyweeky6 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,424
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
62%
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Northwest High

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 27% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 12 pts below the state

On the path

Where Wichita kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–818 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Northwest HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency20%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts24%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1220 N Tyler Rd, Wichita

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9392
Grade 10371
Grade 11369
Grade 12292
Enrollment over time
1,320’20
1,363’21
1,416’22
1,435’23
1,424’24

Up 7.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 48%Hispanic 26%Black 15%Two or more races 8%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Northwest High from Wichita families.

Other schools in Wichita Unified School District 259

The district →
Christa McAuliffe Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Wichita
C+
829 students14:1
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wichita
B−
644 students16:1
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Wichita
C−
643 students16:1
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bel Aire
B+
621 students13:1
Woodman Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wichita
D
612 students14:1
Cloud Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wichita
D
580 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Wichita’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.