Northwest Rankin High School

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Plans for the construction for a new high school in between the current campus and the campus of Northwest Rankin Middle School were approved by the Rankin Country School District board. It is expected to be completed by the start of the 2021–2022 school year. Funding for this project was approved by the District's bond issue.

Academics
Northwest Rankin offers Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) and Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies. In addition, there are five four-year academic specializations (referred to as academies) offered in addition to several dual enrollment courses with Hinds Community College.

Academies
The academic specializations include the health science nursing academy, engineering academy, convergent media academy, educational leadership academy, and JROTC. All of these academies are four year programs that the student can receive an endorsement in upon graduation.

Classes
In addition to pre-AP courses, several AP courses are also offered, including AP Art, AP US History, AP US Government, AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Spanish, AP French, AP Physics 1, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, and AP Statistics. Dual credit courses including DC Algebra I, DC Algebra II, DC Biology I, DC Biology II, DC Composition I, DC Composition II, and DC Public Speaking are offered.

Demographics
As of the 2018-2019 school year, the school had an attendance of 1706 students.

Matriculation statistics
In the typical graduating class, 70% of all students attend a 2- or 4-year college or university, with 20% joining the workforce and 10% joining active US military service. From the 2017 graduating class, the estimated total scholarship award to national colleges and universities amounted to $110 million.

Clubs and organizations
Northwest Rankin hosts several extracurricular activities for its students, covering several areas of academic, leadership, and cultural interests.

Band
The Northwest band received many accolades, including receiving all honors Lions Band, the highest honor given to secondary bands in the state of Mississippi. In addition, many of its students have been selected to chairs in the state band.

HOSA: Future Health Professionals
The Northwest chapter of HOSA: Future Health Professionals was charted in 2015 and was the flagship program in the Rankin County district. With the majority of its members also being health science nursing academy students, competitive skills are incorporated into the curriculum, with one day of every week dedicated to developing skills for competition. Several students have competed successfully at the international level and have placed Top 10 in several individual or team events. Notably, students have placed first in CPR first aid, second in medical terminology, and fifth in pathophysiology. In 2016, a student was elected Mississippi HOSA state president.

Athletics
Northwest offers a wide range of athletic extracurricular activities, in which most events have both women's and men's teams. The campus features a football, soccer, track, and softball field, in addition to several auxiliary outdoor athletic facilities.

Performance
As of 2024 Northwest Rankin High School was ranked #7 of 37 Jackson, MS metro area high schools, and #2 of 8 Rankin County School District high schools by U.S. News & World. It had the hIghest dropout rate (8.9%) and lowest graduation rate (89.2%) of Rankin County School District high schools.

School Feeder Pattern
Northwest Rankin High School is part of a larger primary/secondary education feeder pattern.


 * Elementary schools
 * Flowood Elementary School
 * Highland Bluff Elementary School
 * Northshore Elementary School
 * Northwest Rankin Elementary School
 * Oakdale Elementary School
 * Middle schools
 * Northwest Rankin Middle School
 * High school
 * Northwest Rankin High School

Notable alumni

 * Jarrian Jones - NFL cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
 * Dalton Rogers - MLB pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization