Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a magnet school operated by the Virginia Department of Education in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is consistently ranked as one of the best public high schools in the country. Fairfax County Public Schools operates it as a regional high school.
The school's computer systems lab is one of the few high school computing facilities with a supercomputer. In 1988, a team from the school won an ETA-10P supercomputer in the SuperQuest competition, a national science competition for high school students. It is one of 18 Governor's Schools in Virginia and a founding member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.
Attendance at the school is open to students in six local jurisdictions based on prior academic achievement, recommendations, and essays. TJ removed the application fee and the math and reading sections of its exam from its selection process in October 2020 while still retaining a written portion, which includes an essay and short response sections about the student.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was named the best overall high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report in its 2019 report evaluating nearly 18,000 public high schools. For the third year in a row, the school ranked first in Newsweek's annual "America's Top High Schools" rankings. It previously ranked eighth in the 2013 rankings and tenth in the 2012 rankings, its first year of inclusion. In 2019, U.S. News and World Report ranked it fourth among "America's Best High Schools". It ranked third in 2018, sixth in 2017, fifth in 2016, third in 2015, fourth in 2014 and 2013, and second in 2012 and 2011.
Website: https://tjhsst.fcps.edu
Address: 6560 Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312, United States
Phone: 7037 508 300
Fax: 703-750-5010
