Wakefield High
Arlington, VA · High School · Grades 9-12
Wakefield High is a high school in Arlington, VA with 2,766 students enrolled and a 63% proficiency rate. Part of Arlington County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Wakefield High is a high school located in Arlington, Virginia. The school serves 2,766 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 63% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 75% graduation rate.
34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wakefield High is part of the Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia.
How This School Compares
Wakefield High has 2,766 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Arlington County Public Schools (766 students). Its 63% proficiency rate is 7 percentage points above the district average of 56%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 17 points higher.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Wakefield High has 2,766 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 63% of students at Wakefield High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Wakefield High has a 75% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Wakefield High is part of the Arlington County Public Schools in Arlington, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.