Yorktown High

Yorktown High operates as a sizable senior high in Arlington, Virginia, one of the schools within Arlington County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 2,593 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Yorktown High sits 114% bigger than that benchmark.

Arlington County Public Schools runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 27,950 students. Yorktown High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Yorktown High records that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 139 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Yorktown High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Arlington County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Yorktown High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.4%, the actual is 81.6%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Around the school, Arlington County reports that median household earnings sit near $142,114, about 77% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Yorktown High is one of 42 public schools in Arlington County (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students).

Nearest neighbor: Discovery Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Yorktown High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yorktown High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 93.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Yorktown High's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 2,190 (now 2,593). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.