Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Address
6560 Braddock Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312
Coordinates	38°49′06″N 77°10′07″W
Information
School type	Public, magnet high school
Founded	1985
School district	Fairfax County Public Schools
Principal	Ann Bonitatibus
Teaching staff	107.52 (on a FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,820  (2014-15)
Student to teacher ratio	16.93
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, white, and navy
Athletics conference	National District Region 5C
Team name	Colonials
Accreditation(s)	SACS CASI
Average SAT scores	2198
Newspaper	'tjTODAY
Yearbook	Techniques
Communities served	Northern Virginia
Feeder schools	Northern Virginia schools
Graduates	99%
Website	tjhsst.fcps.edu

Further reading

• Lindsey, Drew. "Success Factory: Inside America’s Best High School", Washingtonian, October 1, 2009.

Other websites

• TJHSST Homepage