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Full disclosure, I love Wakefield.

WHS is not Title 1, as far as I can see. https://www.apsva.us/titlei/about-title-i/
It does, however, currently receive USDA funding for free lunch and breakfast for all, sans paperwork.

Many WHS kids go on to great colleges, check out the WHS acceptances IG.

WHS has a lot of kids in very rigorous AP classes, it also houses the HS Immersion program. 
WHS Robotics Team is going to the nationals.

Kids in high school try drinking and sometimes drugs. My WHS has never been offered drugs but we hear a lot about Daddy's Money YHS cocaine and house parties.

WHS sports are just as competitive to get a spot as any other HS sport here, particularly the sports that cut. Good luck with any soccer team.

send your kid where he can be with friends and walk to friend's houses after school. Connections matter. Your framing of WHS needs adjustment, though. There are many high achieving families at Wakefield. [/quote]

Yes. We’ve also had a good experience at Wakefield. We are zoned for Yorktown but send our kid to WHS for immersion. Also not crazy about the YHS vibe.

I do think, though, that given how large all of the APS high schools are, your child will find friends/people to whom he relates at any of them. There’s really no bad option. [/quote]

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