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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The academics are the same. The kids are different. [/quote]

The kids aren’t even that different.

Yorktown is generally more rigorous. I[b]t’s racial demographics most closely match those of Arlington County overall.[/b] That said, WL is more racially diverse because it draws more students from less super-high income areas. Wakefield is probably the least diverse school in the county.

More Affluenza at Yorktown.

All schools are above average in terms of resources and curriculum. None of them are super feeders to ivies or anything like that but there are always a few acceptances, more recently from W-L.[/quote]

Yorktown parents always like to tout this as if it's meaningful. Yorktown skews more white than the STUDENT population overall, which is the relevant metric.

Yorktown 65% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% low-income
W-L 44% white, 32% Hispanic, 23% low-income
Wakefield 26% white, 43% Hispanic, 19% Black, 32% low-income

Agree definitely more affluenza at Yorktown and it has a reputation of having more drug use (of course I know that goes on at all HSs)

I have no direct experience with Yorktown but went to a pretty universally high income HS myself and avoided Yorktown when we were house hunting for that reason. It contributed to a pretty toxic social culture. I like the greater SES diversity at W-L and my kids have friends across the spectrum.[/quote]

Arlington doesn’t have a middle class, so it’s hardly a spectrum. It’s a tale of two cities. [/quote]

Is it the same person who keeps posting this?  It’s totally hilarious.[/quote]

Yeah, its not like the county instituted housing study to address the missing middle.

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Housing/Housing-Arlington/Tools/Missing-Middle
https://dcist.com/story/21/11/18/arlington-virginia-missing-middle-housing/
https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/caught-in-the-middle/[/quote]

What exactly is the plan here?  Teachers and firefighters and nurses want to live in SFH too, so building a lot of townhouses and condos priced for middle income will lay fallow or end up as group homes.[/quote]

There are plenty of families who would prefer a SFH but end up in a townhouse or condo because that's what they can afford.  They do not all sit empty or turn into group homes, come on, that is silly.[/quote]

Really, rather than driving 5 miles to Fairfax and getting a SFH?  Are that many middle class families commuting to DC? Townhouses are still $800k+[/quote]

Uh, YES!  Absolutely there are middle class families in Arlington who still commute to DC and don't want to move out to Fairfax!  Where do you live that you don't know this?  There are townhouses in S. Arlington you can still find in the 500s and 600s.  Condo as well. [/quote]

So you all have high school students?

And this thread was about two schools in N Arlington, sorry I am not up to date on S Arlington real estate. [/quote]

Yes, I am in S. Arlington and zoned for W-L!  Wow, you are really in your northern bubble.[/quote]

So your child attends WL?  It’s a reasonable mistake, only 5% of WLboundary is in South Arlington

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Map_High_School_2022_23-1.pdf

But most families with high schoolers prefer a SFH. [/quote]

DP  Nice of you to figure out that part of WL boundary includes a piece of S Arlington.  You should also be aware that there are transfers from south Arlington into WL.  Some of them might live in - gasp - apartments, even.[/quote]

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