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Thomas Jefferson High School Makes Newsweek's 'Best High Schools' List
TJHSST was ranked in the top 10 of best high schools in the country.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) is among the top 10 best high schools in America, according to Newsweek's "2013 America's Best High Schools" list.
TJHSST was ranked no. 8, with Kentucky's Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science ranked as the nation's top high school.
The schools are ranked based on six criterion,: graduation rate (25 percent), college acceptance rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and percent of students enrolled in at least one AP/IB/AICE course (5 percent).
TJHSST statistics are as follows:
- Graduation Rate: 99 percent
- AP/IB Tests: 2
- Collegebound: 100 percent
- Average SAT score: 2153
- Average ACT: 3
- Average AP score: 4.5
A handful of other Northern Virginia made the list, but were not ranked as high, such as Falls Church City Public School's George Mason High School, ranked no. 64; James Madison High School in Vienna, ranked no. 146; Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, ranked no. 237; Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, ranked No. 342; Briar Woods in Ashburn, ranked no. 395; Heritage High School in Leesburg, ranked no. 1104; and Falls Church High School in Falls Church, ranked no. 1202.
See the full list of rankings here.
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