All four Arlington high schools were ranked in the top two percent of high schools in the nation according to this year’s Newsweek rankings. Based on The Washington Post challenge index ranking schools based on AP and IB tests, HB Woodlawn ranked highest among the Arlington schools followed by Washington-Lee High School, Yorktown and Wakefield respectively.
Recent Poll Shows All Four Arlington High Schools in Top 1/2% in the Nation
Newsweek just came out with their annual ranking of high schools which places all four Arlington Public Schools high schools in the top one-half percent of high schools in the United States. Rankings are determined by using The Washington Post Challenge Index, which uses the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken at a school divided by the total number of graduating seniors. The results for the Arlington schools were:
H-B Woodlawn – ranked #36 (with a rating of 5.25);
Washington-Lee – ranked #67 (with a rating of 4.321);
Yorktown – ranked #98 (with a rating of 3.809); and
Wakefield – ranked #125 (with a rating of 3.5).
