Arlington Public Schools
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Arlington Public Schools is a public school division
in Arlington County
, Virginia
. In 2010, there were 19,903 students, up from 18,715 a year earlier. In 2010, the students had come from more than 120 countries. There were 2,166 teachers.
Forbes Magazine named the Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA area as the top place in the nation to educate one's child in 2007.
In fiscal year 2009, Arlington transferred $350.1 million to the public school system. Less than 20% of school funding comes from sources outside Arlington.
in 1959. To avoid conflict, this was normally done at the younger grade levels first. Hoffman-Boston was never integrated but closed after graduating its last full class in 2001. Students were dispersed to existing, integrated high schools, Wakefield, Washington-Lee, and Yorktown.
School division
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in Arlington County
Arlington County, Virginia
Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The land that became Arlington was originally donated by Virginia to the United States government to form part of the new federal capital district. On February 27, 1801, the United States Congress organized the area as a subdivision of...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. In 2010, there were 19,903 students, up from 18,715 a year earlier. In 2010, the students had come from more than 120 countries. There were 2,166 teachers.
Forbes Magazine named the Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA area as the top place in the nation to educate one's child in 2007.
In fiscal year 2009, Arlington transferred $350.1 million to the public school system. Less than 20% of school funding comes from sources outside Arlington.
History
Hoffman-Boston was started in 1916 as a segregated black school. Schools started to be integratedRacial integration
Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...
in 1959. To avoid conflict, this was normally done at the younger grade levels first. Hoffman-Boston was never integrated but closed after graduating its last full class in 2001. Students were dispersed to existing, integrated high schools, Wakefield, Washington-Lee, and Yorktown.
Elementary schools
- Abingdon Elementary School
- Arlington Science Focus Elementary School
- Arlington Traditional School
- Ashlawn Elementary School
- Barcroft Elementary School
- Barrett Elementary School
- Campbell Elementary School
- Carlin Springs Elementary School
- Claremont Immersion Elementary School
- Drew Model School
- Glebe Elementary School
- Hoffman-Boston Elementary School
- Jamestown Elementary School
- Key Immersion Elementary School
- Long Branch Elementary School
- McKinley Elementary School
- Nottingham Elementary School
- Oakridge Elementary School
- Patrick Henry Elementary School
- Randolph Elementary School
- Taylor Elementary School
- Tuckahoe Elementary School
Middle schools
- Swanson Middle School
- Williamsburg Middle School
- Kenmore Middle School
- Jefferson Middle School
- Gunston Middle School
High schools
- Yorktown High School
- Washington-Lee High SchoolWashington-Lee High SchoolWashington-Lee High School is one of three traditional public high schools in the Arlington Public Schools district in Arlington, Virginia, covering grades 9-12. As of 2009-2010, the school had over 1,800 students and 120 teachers...
- Wakefield High SchoolWakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia)Wakefield High School is one of three public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia, and is just one block away from Alexandria. There are 140 teachers and 1364 students as of March 2008. It is a fully accredited high school based on Virginia's Standards of Learning examinations...
Alternative Programs
- Arlington Mill High School Continuation Program
- H-B WoodlawnH-B WoodlawnThe H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, commonly referred to as H-B, is an alternative all-county public school located in Arlington County, Virginia, United States based on the liberal educational movements of the 1960s and 1970s...
- Langston High School Continuation Program
- New Directions
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyThomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...