Northwest Classen High School

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Northwest Classen High School
Address
2801 Northwest 27th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107
United States
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Information
Established 1955
Opened September 2, 1955
School district Oklahoma City Public Schools
CEEB Code 372685
Principal Kirk Wilson
Staff 90
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1093
Student to teacher ratio 14.4
School colour(s) Purple and Gold
Mascot Bedivere - Knight of the Round Table
File:NWCHS-logo.jpg
Nickname Northwest Classen Knights
Team name Knights
Average ACT scores 151 testers with an average composite of 16.7 (2010)[2]
Newspaper The Shield
Website Home of the Knights

Northwest Classen High School is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

History

Northwest Classen High School was built in 1955 to accommodate the growing population in the northwest corridor of Oklahoma City. Along with Classen School of Advanced Studies, it was named for Anton H. Classen, an early Oklahoma City real estate developer and philanthropist.[3][4]

As the neighborhoods around Northwest Classen have changed, so has the cultural makeup of the campus. Initially an almost all-Caucasian school, the population has gradually become more multi-cultural. Today, the enrollment in the school is nearly an equal split of Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian students with almost 100 different races and cultures represented.

Extracurricular activities

Northwest fields teams in Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association-sanctioned competition in fast-pitch softball, football, cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, golf, soccer, and track.[5]

Notable alumni

Name Claim to Fame Graduation Year
Mason Williams [6] Recording Artist 1956
Edward Ruscha [6] Artist 1956
William A. Martin [7] Computer Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer 1956
Susanna Talley Clark [8] Songwriter, artist and wife of Guy Clark 1957
Henson Cargill [9] Recording Artist
Ronald Fagin [10] Computer Scientist, Author of Fagin's theorem 1963
Lynne Hardin [11] Chair, Oklahoma City Board of Education (2013 - present) 1964
Ron Norick [12][13] Former mayor of Oklahoma City 1965
Elizabeth (Herring) Warren [14] United States Senator from Massachusetts. Special Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner while establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Professor, Harvard Law School. 1966
Kirk Humphreys [13] Former Mayor of Oklahoma City 1968
Skip Bayless [15] Sports Broadcaster 1970
William Citty [16] Chief of Police, Oklahoma City Police Department, 2003-present 1971
J. Clifford Hudson [17] chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Sonic Corp. 1973
Vince Gill [18] Recording Artist 1975
Sean O'Grady [19] World Boxing Association Lightweight Champion 1977
Kevin Thornton [20] Recording Artist (member of Color Me Badd) 1987
Bryan Abrams [20] Recording Artist (member of Color Me Badd) 1988
Sam Watters [20] Recording Artist (member of Color Me Badd) 1988
Mark Calderon [20] Recording Artist (member of Color Me Badd) 1988
Darnell Jackson [21] NBA Basketball Player 2003 (transferred)

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