Northwest Cabarrus High School

Northwest Cabarrus High School
Address
Map
5130 Northwest Cabarrus Drive

28027

United States
Coordinates35°27′02″N 80°39′44″W / 35.450545°N 80.662243°W / 35.450545; -80.662243
Information
School typePublic
Established1966 (58 years ago) (1966)
School districtCabarrus County Schools
CEEB code340900
PrincipalChris Myers
Teaching staff70.88 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,138 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.06[1]
Color(s)Orange, black, and white
   
Athletics conferenceSouth Piedmont 3A
NicknameTrojans
RivalJay M. Robinson High School
Cox Mill High School
Websitecabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/44

Northwest Cabarrus High School, commonly referred to simply as Northwest and abbreviated as NCHS, is a comprehensive public high school located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. The school is a part of the Cabarrus County Schools system. While the school has a Concord mailing address, it is physically located in the city limits of neighboring Kannapolis.[2]

It opened in 1966, merging the former high schools in the Odell and Winecoff communities.

  1. ^ a b c "Northwest Cabarrus High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Northwest Cabarrus High / Homepage". Cabarrus County Schools. Retrieved January 23, 2020. Please see the city limits maps published by the cities of Concord and Kannapolis to determine the school's physical location. If you scroll upwards on both maps past the George W Liles Parkway exit on I-85, you will see from that point to the north it is the city limits of Kannapolis and not Concord. In regards to Northwest Cabarrus High, it has a Concord mailing address ("5130 NW Cabarrus Drive, Concord, NC 28027"), although it is actually physically located within the city limits of neighboring Kannapolis. If you select the category "Current HS Zones" on this map locator, you will see that Northwest Cabarrus' attendance boundaries straddle both cities.