H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, 1601 Wilson Blvd.: grades 6-12 by lottery, 671 students on Sept. 30, 2026. Office: 703-228-6363.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: H-B Woodlawn, Arlington Public Schools’ schools and programs and option schools pages, the APS membership summary and the federal NCES school directory.

H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program is a countywide Arlington Public Schools (APS) option program for grades 6 to 12. It has no attendance zone: students enter by lottery. Its central focus is student choice, in three areas: use of time and personal behavior, educational goals and school governance, according to the program’s overview. The program grew from a proposal by Arlington students and teachers that the School Board approved in 1971.

Who to call

  • Main office: 703-228-6363
  • Applications and the lottery: APS Welcome Center, 703-228-8000, option 1; 2110 Washington Blvd., first floor
  • Buses and general questions: APS main line, 703-228-8000
Address 1601 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209
Grades 6 to 12
School day 9 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. (early release 1:30 p.m.)
Website hbwoodlawn.apsva.us
Division Arlington Public Schools

H-B Woodlawn shares its Rosslyn building with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Program, according to APS’s school facility map.

Principal

Principal Casey Robinson, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • APS count: 671 students on Sept. 30, 2026, in APS’s official membership summary (PDF): 78 sixth graders, 82 in seventh, 87 in eighth, 114 in ninth, 97 in 10th, 104 in 11th and 109 in 12th.
  • Federal count: the NCES directory lists the program with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023-24 but reports no enrollment for it, so no student-teacher ratio can be worked out from that row.

State report card

Virginia publishes no separate School Quality Profile or framework rating for H-B Woodlawn; the state’s list of Arlington schools does not include it. APS’s 2026-27 division summary (PDF) rates 35 schools and does not list H-B Woodlawn either. The profiles that are published for Arlington’s middle and high schools are linked from our public schools hub.

Admission

H-B Woodlawn admission is by lottery, run by the APS central office. For the 2027-28 school year, according to the option schools page:

  • Monday, Nov. 9, 2026: lottery applications open on SchoolMint
  • Friday, Jan. 22, 2027, at 4 p.m.: applications close
  • Friday, Feb. 12, 2027: live lottery, with Feb. 19 as the snow date
  • Friday, Feb. 26, 2027, at 8 p.m.: deadline to accept a first-round seat

Sixth-grade seats are shared out by the size of each elementary school’s fifth-grade class, including option schools, plus applicants new to APS. The last sixth-grade class had 75 seats. Ninth-grade seats work the same way from eighth-grade cohorts; 26 ninth-grade seats were open to applicants in 2024-25, according to APS’s schools and programs page, which links the slot and lottery data. There is no paper application.

Attendance zone

H-B Woodlawn has no neighborhood zone. Every Arlington address is still assigned a neighborhood middle and high school, which a student keeps if not offered a seat. Check yours in the APS boundary locator.

Calendar and bell times

From the APS 2026-27 calendar:

  • Wednesday, Oct. 28: early release, all schools
  • Monday, Nov. 2: end of first quarter
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students (Election Day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 23 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break
  • Thursday, June 17, 2027: last day of school, early release

Middle school grades also have early release Thursday, March 18, and no school Friday, March 19, for parent-teacher conferences. The school day runs 9 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with early release at 1:30 p.m., according to APS.

More on Arlington schools

Frequently asked questions

What grades does H-B Woodlawn serve?

Grades 6 through 12. APS counted 247 middle school and 424 high school students there on Sept. 30, 2026, 671 in all.

How do you get into H-B Woodlawn?

By lottery. Applications for 2027-28 open Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, and close at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 2027, through APS’s SchoolMint portal. The live lottery is Friday, Feb. 12, 2027.

Does H-B Woodlawn have a state report card?

Virginia publishes no separate School Quality Profile or framework rating for H-B Woodlawn; the state’s Arlington list does not include it.

What time does H-B Woodlawn start?

9 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with early release at 1:30 p.m., according to Arlington Public Schools.