Northwestern High School is a public high school in West Salem, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Northwestern Local Schools district, which is located in north-west Wayne County, Ohio. Their nickname is the Huskies.
Northwestern was created in 1951 from a merger of the school districts in Chester Township, Congress, and West Salem. The school name came from the district's northwestern location within Wayne County.
Northwestern is one of eight high schools that compete in the Wayne County Athletic League.