I can't speak for every wrestler that's ever transferred to Yorktown, but Yorktown is a great high school academically and far better than anything Madison County has to offer, with the exception of maybe Pendleton Heights (which would be almost a 30 minute drive from Alexandria; Yorktown on the other hand is about 10 minutes away). Also the student population is, on average, far more driven and intellectually advanced. The fact that Yorktown also has a great wrestling program is really just a plus (it also doesn't hurt that many of these kids have wrestled there at the club level for 10+ years). Again, I can't speak for everyone, but I know several of the wrestlers intimately and really cannot say enough good things about them and their respective families. I know for a fact that Anderson High School's graduation rate wasn't even 60% in 2010, while their rate for black males was 39%, which was the lowest in the state. You cannot tell me you would send your child to such a school.