Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
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7000 Adelphi Road Hyattsville, Maryland, Prince George's County 20782 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′29″N 76°57′17″W / 38.974745°N 76.954717°WCoordinates: 38°58′29″N 76°57′17″W / 38.974745°N 76.954717°W |
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| School type | Public comprehensive high school |
| Established | 1951 |
| Opened | 2000 |
| School district | Prince George's County Public Schools |
| NCES District ID | 2400510 |
| Superintendent | Kevin M. Maxwell |
| CEEB code | 210665 |
| NCES School ID | 240051001114 |
| Principal | E. Carlene Murray |
| Faculty | 131 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) (Fall 2010) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 2,262 (Fall 2013) |
| • Grade 9 | 828 |
| • Grade 10 | 592 |
| • Grade 11 | 354 |
| • Grade 12 | 488 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19:1 (Fall 2012) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Area | 386,000 sq ft (35,900 m2) |
| Color(s) |
Navy Blue White |
| Athletics conference | Prince George's Athletic Conference North Division |
| Mascot | The Wildcat |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Rival | High Point High School |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Paw Print |
| Yearbook | The Compass |
| Communities served | Adelphi, Avondale, Brentwood, Chillum, College Park, Hyattsville, Lewisdale, Mount Rainier, North Brentwood, University Park |
| Feeder schools | Hyattsville Middle School, Nicholas Orem Middle School |
| Website | Northwestern High School |
Northwestern High School (commonly NHS, NWHS, or colloquially known as "Wildcat Country") is a public comprehensive and magnet high school. It is located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the University of Maryland, College Park in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system.
Established in 1951 at its current location off Adelphi Road, the original building was demolished in the summer of 2000, and a modern facility now stands in its place. Opening in August 2000, at 386,000 sq ft (35,900 m2) and a capacity of 2,700 students, Northwestern is the second largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was the first of the county's current high schools to be replaced with a new facility.
Northwestern became the school district's second Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) magnet high school, with the program commencing for the 2013-14 school year. The CVPA program is a highly selective, rigorous four-year specialized program that offers college prep and professional career prep study in the visual arts and performing arts. Admission to the program is through a competitive, two-stage application process. Northwestern's CVPA program operates as a "school-within-a-school" model, and is a replication of the program that has been in existence at Suitland High School since 1986. However, currently Northwestern's program only draws students from a limited attendance-area.
In December 2009, Northwestern was recognized as a Silver Medal School among "America's Best High Schools" by U.S. News & World Report. In 2005, The Washington Post cited Northwestern as being the second highest ranking high school, among all district high schools, for students' scores on the nationally administered AP tests.
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