Northwest High School (Texas)
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Northwest High School is located in Fort Worth, Texas
Texas
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 (USA
United States
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), near Justin
Justin, Texas
Justin is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,891 at the 2005 census.-History:In 1848, approximately 70 followers of the French utopian socialist Etienne Cabet arrived in what is now Justin to found an Icarian community. The attempt failed.Contrary to popular belief,...

.. It is a part of Northwest Independent School District
Northwest Independent School District
Northwest Independent School District is a public school district based in far north Fort Worth, Texas . It is named for its location in northwest Tarrant County, though it also serves portions of Denton County and Wise County....

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The school is located off Texas State Highway 114 and Texas Farm to Market Road 156, about 3 miles west of the Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
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, and 2 miles north of Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located north of the central business district of Fort Worth, city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States....

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It is one of only 4 schools in the nation to feature an indoor coffee shop (another being other district school, Byron Nelson High School
Byron Nelson High School
Byron Nelson High School is located in Trophy Club, Texas about north of Fort Worth, Texas, in Denton County and opened in August 2009 for the 09-10 school year. It is the second high school in the Northwest Independent School District. It cost around $96 million, making it one of the most...

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Northwest was named a 2001-02 National Blue Ribbon School. It also has both a Subway and Pizza Hut in the cafeteria.
Students can choose their course among 60 subjects. Also Northwest Highschool has AP course, Pre AP course, and Normal Class.
All of the students at the high school received Dell Latitude 2100 netbooks in the 2009-2010 school year.

The middle schools that feed into NHS are Gene Pike Middle School and Chisolm Trail Middle School.

In the 2008-2009 school year, Northwest High school had approximately 3,100 students, and around 200 faculty members making it a 5A high school. With realignment in 2010 and the opening of Byron Nelson High School, enrollment dropped significantly, however it remains a 5A School.

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