Northwestern High School is a public high school

High school

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 near Springfield, Ohio

Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

. It is the only high school in the Northwestern Local Schools district.

History

The school itself is a 1948 consolidation of North Hampton

North Hampton, Ohio

North Hampton is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 370 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:North Hampton is located at ....

 and Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville, Ohio

Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in central German Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 302 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a village...

 high schools, deriving its name from the northwest portion of Clark County

Clark County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 144,742 people, 56,648 households, and 39,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 362 people per square mile . There were 61,056 housing units at an average density of 153 per square mile...

. Accordingly, the school serves the residents of North Hampton and Lawrenceville as well as the villages of Tremont City

Tremont City, Ohio

Tremont City is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 349 at the 2000 census. The village is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tremont City is located at ....

, Dialton and Upper Fox Hollow, and adjacent rural areas in Pike

Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio

Pike Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,891 people in the township, 3,521 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and German

German Township, Clark County, Ohio

German Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Townships.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Girls Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
   – 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
• Boys Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  - 1933*

* Won by Lawrenceville High School prior to consolidation into Northwestern.