[7] Woodson has the largest campus in Fairfax County in size of area, and also houses Woodson Adult High School, a separate education facility run by FCPS that allows adults to earn their GEDs and HS diplomas.

Woodson has appeared multiple times on Newsweek magazine's lists of top or best high schools, including No.

Woodson's mascot is a Cavalier and the sports teams play in the AAA Patriot District and the Northern Region.

In 1976, the Washington Diplomats of the North American Soccer League used the school's stadium as their home field.

[18] Several unincorporated areas, such as Mantua,[19] Olde Creek, Canterbury Woods, Truro, Rutherford,[20] Long Branch, and Wakefield Forest are served by Woodson.

[32] Following the suicides of 2014, the Virginia officials requested assistance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary public health agency of the US federal government.

CDC officials were sent to Northern Virginia to conduct focus group activities that attempted to identify possible causes of the suicides.