Northwest Whitfield High School


Northwest Whitfield High School is a public high school in the Whitfield County, Georgia school district, United States. The school colors are royal blue and burnt orange, and the mascot is the Bruin. The school is in Class AAAA of the Georgia High School Association, and is located in Tunnel Hill.

History

Northwest Whitfield High School opened in the fall of 1975. It was created by a merger of North Whitfield High School and Westside High School. Southeast Whitfield High School was also opened in fall of 1975 as the Whitfield County School District merged its four high schools into two.
Current President Donald Trump attended the 1991 homecoming football game.

Academics

Students can take college prep, honors, and Advanced Placement classes.

Feeder schools

Two middle schools feed into Northwest Whitfield High School: New Hope Middle School and Westside Middle School. Before the opening of Coahulla Creek, North Whitfield Middle was also one of Northwest Whitfield's feeder schools. The recently built Coahulla Creek High School's feeder school is now North Whitfield Middle School.

Athletics

Northwest Whitfield fields 20 varsity-level teams, and competes in Region 7AAAA.
Northwest Whitfield traditionally has three rivals: Southeast Whitfield High School, Dalton High School, and Murray County High School.
Men's sports:
Women's sports:
State Champions
2018 4 AAAA State Champs

Fine arts

Fine arts at Northwest consist of choral, band, art, and drama departments.

Notable alumni