America's Top High Schools

Students at TJ are celebrating...again!

The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is ranked the number one high school in America for the second year in a row! Students and Faculty at the prestigious public school certainly don't take the honor for granted, though. The annual report from USNews compares over 21,000 schools in the contiguous United States based on AP/IB participation, student performance compared to state requirements, and academic performance of minority students.

TJ is not alone in its glory, however; McLean (VA), Walt Whitman(MD), Thomas Wootton (MD), Winston Churchill (MD), Langley (VA), and Woodson (VA) High Schools all rank within the top 100 schools and are designated as the best public schools in the DC area by the report.

See the rest of the list and read all about the designation process here!