Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Coordinates: 38°49′06″N 77°10′07″W / 38.81833°N 77.16861°W / 38.81833; -77.16861
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Address
Map
6560 Braddock Road

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22312
Coordinates38°49′06″N 77°10′07″W / 38.81833°N 77.16861°W / 38.81833; -77.16861
Information
School typePublic, magnet high school
Founded1985
School districtFairfax County Public Schools
PrincipalAnn Bonitatibus
Teaching staff107.52 (on a FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,820[1] (2014-15)
Student to teacher ratio16.93[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Red, white, and navy
   
Athletics conferenceNational District
Region 5C
Team nameColonials
AccreditationSACS CASI[2]
USNWR ranking1 (2020)[4]
NewspapertjTODAY[3]
YearbookTechniques
Communities servedNorthern Virginia
Feeder schoolsNorthern Virginia schools
Graduates99%
Websitetjhsst.fcps.edu

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a high school in Virginia, United States. The school is a public school. It is part of the Fairfax Country Public Schools (FCPS). TJHSST is a selective school, which means that only a small group of people can go to the school. To decide who can go to the school, applicants (people who wants to go to the school) need to take an admission test, get a teacher recommendation, write essays, write a resume (a paper telling about who you are), and have good grades before. TJHSST is a very good school. U.S. News & World Report said that the school was the best public high school in the country from 2007 to 2013. In 2014 and 2015, TJHSST was first place again in Newsweek's "America's Top Schools" ranking.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  2. "Institution Summary". AdvancED. Advance Education, Inc. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "tjTODAY - The student news site of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology". 2017.
  4. "Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology". U.S. News & World Report. 2020.

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