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Northwest Isd

38 campuses · Denton County

Northwest Isd enrolled 9,288 students across 38 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 96.5% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Northwest Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+4.0 vs TX
Northwest Isd 93.8%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-12.7 vs TX
Northwest Isd 62.4%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+1.4 vs TX
Northwest Isd 46.0%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+5.4 vs TX
Northwest Isd 86.5%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24+2.9 vs TX
Northwest Isd 17.4%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-3.0 vs TX
Northwest Isd 23.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+14.0 vs TX
Northwest Isd 69.1%Texas 55.1%

35 of 259 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

80859095100201220152018202120249490

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

40506070201720192021202320247562

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

40506070201620182020202246

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

60708090100201220152018202120248781

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

0102030402012201520182021202417

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

2030405060702017201920222024202526

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

4050607080201420172020202320246955

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

203040201220152018202120242117

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202496.5%93.8%95.3%97.3%92.3%
College/career/military ready202475.7%62.4%67.1%81.6%62.8%
Algebra I proficiency202529.8%23%24.3%35.4%19.7%
Biology proficiency202576%62.1%66.9%82.9%56.6%
English II proficiency202565.9%51.8%57%73.2%49.9%
Grade 3 math202348.4%34.7%40.3%53.5%30.1%
Grade 4 math202349%29.6%39.7%55.4%32.8%
Grade 5 math202355.2%36%44%62.6%36.4%
Grade 6 math202347.4%35.9%39.2%52.4%33.3%
Grade 7 math202340%30.2%26%46.8%21.4%
Grade 8 math202354.7%33.7%43.9%61.3%35.2%
Grade 3 reading202359%45.1%53.9%62.6%39.7%
Grade 4 reading202357.8%45.4%48.1%63.3%38.7%
Grade 5 reading202368.2%53.3%58.2%74.7%50.8%
Grade 6 reading202361.5%48.2%53.3%66.7%43%
Grade 7 reading202367.1%57.9%56.9%72.4%47.2%
Grade 8 reading202366.5%48.8%58%72.7%46.9%
Advanced course completion202477.7%69.1%72.4%81.4%68%
Took an AP/IB course202456.7%48.6%49%60.5%43.7%
Took an AP/IB exam202432.4%21.2%24%36.1%18.6%
Passed an AP/IB exam202475.9%60.9%72.4%78.9%71.2%

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