Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology - Awards and Distinctions

Awards and Distinctions

TJHSST fielded more National Merit Semifinalists than any other high school in America for most of the 1990s and 2000s. From 2000 to 2005, it fielded more USAMO qualifiers than any other high school in America and has a distinguished history of U.S. Physics Olympiad Team members and medal winners. In 2007, TJHSST had more Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists (14) than any other school. TJHSST repeated this feat in 2009 with 15 semifinalists and in 2010 with 13 semifinalists. Over the 2002–2010 period, TJHSST has produced a combined total of 75 semi-finalists, ranking 4th in the entire country, and 7 finalists, tying for 6th place nationally.

TJHSST was ranked as the top high school in the nation by PrepReview in 2004. In that year, TJHSST also had the highest average SAT score among all American high schools, both public and private. It was also ranked #1 among "America's Best High Schools" in a study by U.S. News and World Report in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Each year, over a quarter of its graduating class accepts admission to the University of Virginia. The other major schools attended by graduates are the College of William and Mary, Duke University, and Princeton University in that order. Other graduates attend Ivy League schools and high-ranking public and private schools across the nation.

For schools with more than 800 students in grades 10–12, TJHSST was cited as having the highest-performing AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP French Language, AP Government and Politics, U.S., and AP U.S. History courses among all schools worldwide.

In addition, seven Rhodes Scholars have graduated from TJHSST since its inception, more than the number of Rhodes Scholars from most colleges in the United States.