Lincoln Northwest will have 378 students in 2022-2023

[Sean Callahan]

From the LJS...they will not have seniors next year have just 41 applied, so they will only have grades 9 to 11:

Only 41 incoming seniors filed the paperwork to attend Northwest, along with 223 freshmen, 77 sophomores and 78 juniors. That means, as of now, 378 students plan to attend Northwest, well down from officials' earlier estimates of 630 students, including almost 90 seniors.

Also, they may not field varsity sports next year in the major sports:

Whether Northwest will be able to field varsity teams in certain sports — like football — remains unclear.
School officials will have to gauge interest in sports and other activities and students' skill level when the school opens to determine what levels (varsity and junior, for example) are offered, said Kathi Wieskamp, the district's athletic director.

"We're going to work really hard, but to say we're going to have three levels at every sport and these are what the levels are going to be, we can't do that," Wieskamp said.

For large team sports — such as football, soccer and baseball — it may mean Northwest will not field a varsity squad if there are not enough students wanting to participate or with the skills required to compete at that level. Other sports, such as track, cross country and golf, have more leeway because students can compete individually and within smaller teams.

Lincoln Northwest will not have a senior class when it opens due to lower-than-expected enrollment

Only 41 incoming seniors filed the paperwork to attend Northwest, along with 223 freshmen, 77 sophomores and 78 juniors.

journalstar.com

 

[hailvictors2]

This could be problematic, especially with the football schedules being issued tomorrow. Lincoln Northwest is likely going to be given a full slate of 9 games. I would assume that if they are unable to field a team the 9 teams that are scheduled to play them will receive forfeit victories? Unfortunately, that means only 8 games for those teams.

 

[northeastNebraska]

I will be very intrigued to see the enrollment trend at Northwest their first few years. Will they get the kids Malcolm can't take in? Will they get some kids who opt out of Lincoln High or North Star? It's good the freshman class is large, that hopefully will continue.

Standing Bear will be quite larger than Northwest IMO. South Lincoln isn't slowing down when it comes to growth. It will be interesting to see how Standing Bear effects Norris.