Northwest High School (Missouri)

Northwest High School is a public high school located in Cedar Hill, Missouri that is part of the Northwest R-1 School District.

Northwest High School
Northwest High School in 2022
Location
6005 Cedar Hill Rd Cedar Hill , Missouri
Coordinates	38°22′16″N 90°37′41″W
Information
Type	Public co-ed secondary
Established	1955
School district	Northwest R-I School District
Superintendent	Jennifer Hecktor
Principal	Stella Viehland
Teaching staff	110.88 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,851 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.69[1]
Color(s)	Blue and White
Athletics conference	Suburban West Conference
Mascot	Lion
Newspaper	The DeTail
Yearbook	Lion Trac
Website	https://www.northwestschools.net

Activities

For the 2011–2012 school year, the school offered 20 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, winter guard, and wrestling.^[2] In addition to its current activities, Northwest students have won two state championships, including:

• Softball: 1986^{[citation needed]}
• Wrestling: 1984^{[citation needed]}

Northwest also has two individual boys cross country champions and four individual wrestling champions.^[3]

Alumni

• Brian Boehringer: Major League Baseball player
• David Frisch: National Football League player
• Michael Chandler: professional mixed martial artist fighter, former Lightweight Champion of Bellator MMA^[4]