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[WaPo] Asian students dominate admissions to elite Thomas Jefferson HS

April 1, 2015

 

(Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson High School)

(Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson High School)

[THE WASHINGTON POST]

Asian American students will make up 70 percent of the incoming freshman class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the highest percentage ever for the elite magnet school in Northern Virginia.

Next year’s freshman class reflects a widening demographic divide at TJ, as the Fairfax County school is known.

A decade ago, white students made up 53 percent of the teens admitted to the school offering courses in differential equations, artificial intelligence and neuroscience. Thirty-two percent of the admitted students were Asian.

Now, amid a similar transition happening around the county, six out of 10 students at the school are Asian, while white students make up 29 percent.

According to admissions data posted online, Asian students were admitted at a higher rate than their peers. The data also shows that for the fifth year in a row, 10 or fewer black students were admitted to TJ.

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