Northwest Guilford High School

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Northwest Guilford High School
Address
5240 Northwest School Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27409 United States
Coordinates	36°09′13″N 79°57′17″W / 36.1535361°N 79.9547°W / 36.1535361; -79.9547
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"It's a great day to be a Viking."
Established	1962 (62 years ago) (1962)
School district	Guilford County Schools
CEEB code	341606
Principal	Brian Muller
Teaching staff	97.35 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,991 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.45[1]
Color(s)	Red, black, white
Team name	Vikings
Website	gcsnc.com/northwest_guilford_high

Northwest Guilford High School is a public high school in Guilford County, North Carolina. In 2022–2023 it had an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12.

The school was ranked by Newsweek's Best High Schools in America as 22nd among North Carolina high schools in 2024.^[2]

Northwest has a large selection of Advanced Placement courses, English Language, English Literature, Seminar, Statistics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science principles, Biology, Chemistry, Physics I & II, Environmental Science, Government & Politics, World History, Psychology, US History, Human Geography, African American Studies, Latin, German, Spanish, Studio Art-Drawing, Studio Art-2D.

Students may take additional online courses through the North Carolina Virtual Public School,^[3] and can take dual enrollment courses as part of the Career and College Promise program at Guilford Technical Community College.^[4]

Northwest Guilford High School is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). Fall sports include: cheerleading; field hockey; boys' soccer; boys' and girls' cross country; girls' flag football; girls' tennis; football; boys' and girls' volleyball; girls' volleyball; and girls' golf. Winter sports include: boys' and girls' basketball; boys' and girls' indoor track; boys' wrestling; and boys' and girls' swimming. Spring sports include: boys' baseball; girls' soccer; boys' and girls' track and field; boys' volleyball; boys' golf; and boys' and girls' lacrosse.^[5]

Northwest Arts Programs include Band, Visual Arts, Vikings Voices, Drama & Orchestra.

There are three class bands: Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Ensemble, as well as a Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble.

About 15% of the student population participates in at least one of the band programs offered.^{[citation needed]}

• 1984 DeSoto/Tropicana National Band Contest Grand Champion^[6]
• 1991 Gator Bowl Competition Champion^{[citation needed]}
• 2004 Outback Bowl Competition^{[citation needed]}
• 2018 Hollywood Christmas Parade^[7]

• 2023 AIA Championships Scholastic AA Class- 1st Place^[8]

Concert bands

• 2021 80th Commemoration Concert Series at Pearl Harbor^[9]

• 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics- Performances in the Parks^[10][11]

The school's theatre department is home to the International Thespian Society's Troupe 8010.^[12]

• Leah Naomi Green — poet who was winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2019^[13]
• Scott Houston — national champion pole vaulter who won at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships^[14]
• Elizabeth “Liz” Kitley — Virginia Tech women's basketball player^[15]
• Rusty LaRue — former NBA player and 1998 NBA Champion^[16]
• Ryan Wesley Routh — suspected of having attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump in September 2024.^[17]
• Mike Skeen — professional stock car racing driver^[18]

• Guilford County Schools
• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• North Carolina State Board of Education

• Guilford County Schools[Dead link]
• Northwest Viking Band