About Northwest Catholic

A private Catholic High School Where You Know You Belong.

Located in the beautiful town of West Hartford, Northwest Catholic is a private, Archdiocesan high school, home to a vibrant, diverse, academically-driven, service-oriented community.

NWC offers a comprehensive academic program, including 16 Advanced Placement courses and 36 Honors courses, represented in every discipline, from music to religion. With the help of experienced school counselors, students build a challenging course of study that begins their first day and continues until graduation. 98% of NWC's 2022 graduates continued on to a 4 year college, many with merit-based scholarships, highlighting the degree of preparation and quality of instruction offered at our private school. NWC’s academic success is touted throughout Connecticut’s capital region. 

Our promise at Northwest Catholic is to educate the whole person — mind, body, spirit, and imagination. We believe that an education that does not take into account a student’s spiritual life is incomplete. We encourage excellence, and as each student strives for it — academically, athletically, and artistically — he or she becomes a person of faith and service.

We look to our motto to guide us: In lumina tuo videbimus lumen. In Your light we shall see light. Everything we do at Northwest Catholic, every act and every interaction, is an opportunity to be the light of Christ for one another. It is this spirit of faith and light that has distinguished the NWC community for 60 years.