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What advice would you give to incoming students at WAKEFIELD HIGH?
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Enrollment
2,646
High
DISTRICT 2,110 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000111
Wakefield High
1325 S. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, VA 22206 · (703) 228-6700 · Arlington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,646 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Virginia public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
141 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
1,271 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 578 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 674 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 665 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 729 | 28% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 79.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wakefield High
Wakefield High's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield High this school | 2,646 | 48.0% | 67.8% |
| West Potomac High Alexandria | 2,710 | 48.6% | 59.3% |
| Herndon High Herndon | 2,261 | 49.5% | 63.7% |
| Mount Vernon High Alexandria | 1,858 | 57.1% | 56.8% |
| North Stafford High Stafford | 1,982 | 47.8% | 74.6% |
| Edison High Alexandria | 2,294 | 38.6% | 70.7% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wakefield High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #228 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #191 of 316 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #205 of 316 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,646 | #14 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #300 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #47 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #208 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.7% | #24 of 131 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,646
+85 (+3%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 1,593
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,646 | 141.3 | 18.7:1 | 48% (1,271) |
| 2023-24 | 2,716 | 151.8 | 17.9:1 | 33% (898) |
| 2022-23 | 2,766 | 171.8 | 16.1:1 | 34% (939) |
| 2020-21 | 2,561 | 148 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,248 | 136.4 | 16.5:1 | 45% (1,007) |
| 2015-16 | 1,962 | 128 | 15.3:1 | 42% (828) |
| 2010-11 | 1,709 | 71 | 24.1:1 | 37% (633) |
| 2000-01 | 1,804 | 115 | 15.7:1 | 37% (661) |
| 1990-91 | 1,593 | 114 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield High.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (2,248 to 2,646); teachers up 4% (136.4 to 141.3).
About Wakefield High
Wakefield High is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Arlington, Virginia. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 2,646 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 118% bigger than the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
Enrollment across the 36 schools in Arlington County Public Schools totals 27,950 students.
About 46% of students at Wakefield High are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 25% White, 17% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Arlington County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 30 points below the school's share. The diversity index for Wakefield High is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 141.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia is 4.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Wakefield High, 48% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 31% average for public schools in Arlington County is 17 points lower.
Among Virginia public high schools, Wakefield High outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wakefield High is 7.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.8% actual, 75.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
For the population of Arlington County, median household income comes to about $142,114, roughly 77% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Arlington County counts 42 public schools with about 27,950 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Claremont Immersion, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Wakefield High is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 2,646, from 2,561 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.3:1 in 2020-21, and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Wakefield High can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
- Swanson MiddleMiddle · 993 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
- Swanson MiddleMiddle · 993 students
Other Wakefield High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wakefield High. Wakefield High is the largest of the 4.
- Wakefield HighRaleigh, NC · 2,065 students
- WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOLWAKEFIELD, NE · 234 students
- Wakefield HighWakefield, KS · 80 students
Nearby schools
- Claremont Immersion0.3 mi · 595
- Randolph Elementary1.0 mi · 430
- Barcroft Elementary1.0 mi · 495
- Abingdon Elementary1.0 mi · 768
- Campbell Elementary1.0 mi · 403
- Glen Forest Elementary1.1 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield HighWhat is the total enrollment at Wakefield High?
Wakefield High enrolls approximately 2,646 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wakefield High serve?
Wakefield High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wakefield High have?
Wakefield High employs 141 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Wakefield High?
Student demographics at Wakefield High are roughly 25% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wakefield High?
Wakefield High is overseen by Arlington County Public Schools in Arlington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.