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Northwest Guilford High School is a public high school in Guilford County, North Carolina. The school currently has an enrollment of 1,947 students in grades 9 through 12, making it the public school with the largest enrollment in Guilford County.The school was ranked by Newsweek's Best High Schools in America as 261st among American high schools. The school has also received an award from Siemens for its strength in Science and Math AP education, and was listed by High Schools That Work as one of the top 36 high schools in the United States, the only high school in North Carolina to receive an honorable mention.Rivalries and TraditionsThe school has long had a sports-based rivalry with Western Guilford High School, and more recently with Northern Guilford High School. Many students come to football games, each game night having a theme, such as Hawaiian, Red Sea, Blackout, Rave, and many more. The school has a large and loud student section filled with cheering students.Northwest has two dances during the school year including the Homecoming dance the Saturday night after the Homecoming Football Game on Friday, and the Junior/Senior Prom.FacilitiesDue to the an increase in population in the area, several additions occurred at Northwest during the early 2000s, including the adaption of a two-story educational building completed in 2002, a second gym completed in 2003, and a cultural arts wing at the school. Northwest now has two gyms: the "Old Gym" and the "New Gym;" as well as two main buildings, the "Old Building" and the "New Building."