The 50 smartest public high schools in the US

[Anonymous]

So TJ is well ranked. All the schools on the list seemed to be magnet schools. Private school and magnet schools are two totally different items. Private doesn't equal smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology
.. Here is in 2009. Still 50% or non whites, but they don't play sports as shown in picture ??

Asians became the school's largest racial group in 2009-2010, at 46.38%, while whites comprised 43.63% of the population. In contrast, blacks and Hispanics comprise a much smaller percentage of the student body (<4%) than is present in the populace of the participating localities (approx. 10% and 16%, respectively).

I suppose it's is around that time families started putting more value in a more well rounded, and traditional high school experience.

I suppose it's around that time white families began to realize their snowflakes who "thrived" in AAP were not "gifted" and they didn't really want to compete with bright and hardworking Asian Americans.

and how is that working out in the real world???? Yeah.... People love robots on an assembly line, but not so much in the upper ranks...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

The “smartest” student body in the country - doesn’t mean it is the “beret high school.” Hand select 60% Asians and yeah, you’re going to have some pretty high SAT scores.

It's not just the highest SAT score. TJ also has the best performance under any other criteria whether, number of AP or post-AP courses, performance on AP exams, research, science fairs, NMSF, scholastic arts & writing awards, model UN awards, debate awards, journalism awards etc. It also has one of the best orchestra and band in the country. Best high school in the country. It even beat Shanghai in the PISA assessment and Shanghai had the best scores in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology
.. Here is in 2009. Still 50% or non whites, but they don't play sports as shown in picture ??

Asians became the school's largest racial group in 2009-2010, at 46.38%, while whites comprised 43.63% of the population. In contrast, blacks and Hispanics comprise a much smaller percentage of the student body (<4%) than is present in the populace of the participating localities (approx. 10% and 16%, respectively).

I suppose it's is around that time families started putting more value in a more well rounded, and traditional high school experience.

I suppose it's around that time white families began to realize their snowflakes who "thrived" in AAP were not "gifted" and they didn't really want to compete with bright and hardworking Asian Americans.

and how is that working out in the real world???? Yeah.... People love robots on an assembly line, but not so much in the upper ranks...

You can't keep a good man down too long! Just wait 5 to 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology
.. Here is in 2009. Still 50% or non whites, but they don't play sports as shown in picture ??

Asians became the school's largest racial group in 2009-2010, at 46.38%, while whites comprised 43.63% of the population. In contrast, blacks and Hispanics comprise a much smaller percentage of the student body (<4%) than is present in the populace of the participating localities (approx. 10% and 16%, respectively).

I suppose it's is around that time families started putting more value in a more well rounded, and traditional high school experience.

I suppose it's around that time white families began to realize their snowflakes who "thrived" in AAP were not "gifted" and they didn't really want to compete with bright and hardworking Asian Americans.

and how is that working out in the real world???? Yeah.... People love robots on an assembly line, but not so much in the upper ranks...

You can't keep a good man down too long! Just wait 5 to 10 years.

...sure...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have the best high school in the country but too bad we don't have the best university in the country.

Come on. How many states have the number and caliber of state schools that VA has? 1. California.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

The “smartest” student body in the country - doesn’t mean it is the “beret high school.” Hand select 60% Asians and yeah, you’re going to have some pretty high SAT scores.

It's not just the highest SAT score. TJ also has the best performance under any other criteria whether, number of AP or post-AP courses, performance on AP exams, research, science fairs, NMSF, scholastic arts & writing awards, model UN awards, debate awards, journalism awards etc. It also has one of the best orchestra and band in the country. Best high school in the country. It even beat Shanghai in the PISA assessment and Shanghai had the best scores in the world.

And yet applications keep dropping. It just doesn't interest that many kids any longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

+1000 % !!!!!!!!!!

Why is everyone angry that asians are exceling? To each their own. If they outperform others, so be it. I was on the math team in high school. trust me, the team with all asians (from a magnet school) beat us every time! It is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

The “smartest” student body in the country - doesn’t mean it is the “beret high school.” Hand select 60% Asians and yeah, you’re going to have some pretty high SAT scores.

It's not just the highest SAT score. TJ also has the best performance under any other criteria whether, number of AP or post-AP courses, performance on AP exams, research, science fairs, NMSF, scholastic arts & writing awards, model UN awards, debate awards, journalism awards etc. It also has one of the best orchestra and band in the country. Best high school in the country. It even beat Shanghai in the PISA assessment and Shanghai had the best scores in the world.

And yet applications keep dropping. It just doesn't interest that many kids any longer.

Right because whites are scared to compete with Asian Americans. See how that kind of attitude works out in the real world. Talk about hypocrisy. Whites are the loudest in saying how blacks and Hispanics do not rise to the challenges while they will never admit such a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

+1000 % !!!!!!!!!!

Why is everyone angry that asians are exceling? To each their own. If they outperform others, so be it. I was on the math team in high school. trust me, the team with all asians (from a magnet school) beat us every time! It is what it is.

Maybe whites want Asians to be underachievers like other minority groups. Maybe that will make whites happy and content. How dare those Asians outperform us whites.

[Anonymous]

Happy for Langley High!!

[Anonymous]

Poolesville High School in Montgomery County!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology
.. Here is in 2009. Still 50% or non whites, but they don't play sports as shown in picture ??

Asians became the school's largest racial group in 2009-2010, at 46.38%, while whites comprised 43.63% of the population. In contrast, blacks and Hispanics comprise a much smaller percentage of the student body (<4%) than is present in the populace of the participating localities (approx. 10% and 16%, respectively).

I suppose it's is around that time families started putting more value in a more well rounded, and traditional high school experience.

I suppose it's around that time white families began to realize their snowflakes who "thrived" in AAP were not "gifted" and they didn't really want to compete with bright and hardworking Asian Americans.

and how is that working out in the real world???? Yeah.... People love robots on an assembly line, but not so much in the upper ranks...

"Asian-Americans are one of the nation's most astonishing success stories. In 1960, they accounted for less than 1 percent of the U.S. population but had a rich history of persecution — from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Back then, no one could have imagined what lay ahead.

Today, nearly 5 percent of Americans have Asian ancestry, tracing to countries from India to Japan. The Pew Research Center reports that they are "the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

The “smartest” student body in the country - doesn’t mean it is the “beret high school.” Hand select 60% Asians and yeah, you’re going to have some pretty high SAT scores.

It's not just the highest SAT score. TJ also has the best performance under any other criteria whether, number of AP or post-AP courses, performance on AP exams, research, science fairs, NMSF, scholastic arts & writing awards, model UN awards, debate awards, journalism awards etc. It also has one of the best orchestra and band in the country. Best high school in the country. It even beat Shanghai in the PISA assessment and Shanghai had the best scores in the world.

And yet applications keep dropping. It just doesn't interest that many kids any longer.

Right because whites are scared to compete with Asian Americans. See how that kind of attitude works out in the real world. Talk about hypocrisy. Whites are the loudest in saying how blacks and Hispanics do not rise to the challenges while they will never admit such a thing.

In the real world, demand increases, not decreases, for things that provide an advantage in life. TJ just isn't one of them, and families have figured that out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that Asians made TJ into the best high school in the country and instead of appreciation, Asians are incessantly targeted by whites as nerds, geeks, drones, robots (among many other negative titles) etc.

The “smartest” student body in the country - doesn’t mean it is the “beret high school.” Hand select 60% Asians and yeah, you’re going to have some pretty high SAT scores.

It's not just the highest SAT score. TJ also has the best performance under any other criteria whether, number of AP or post-AP courses, performance on AP exams, research, science fairs, NMSF, scholastic arts & writing awards, model UN awards, debate awards, journalism awards etc. It also has one of the best orchestra and band in the country. Best high school in the country. It even beat Shanghai in the PISA assessment and Shanghai had the best scores in the world.

And yet applications keep dropping. It just doesn't interest that many kids any longer.

Right because whites are scared to compete with Asian Americans. See how that kind of attitude works out in the real world. Talk about hypocrisy. Whites are the loudest in saying how blacks and Hispanics do not rise to the challenges while they will never admit such a thing.

In the real world, demand increases, not decreases, for things that provide an advantage in life. TJ just isn't one of them, and families have figured that out.

"Asian-Americans are one of the nation's most astonishing success stories. In 1960, they accounted for less than 1 percent of the U.S. population but had a rich history of persecution — from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Back then, no one could have imagined what lay ahead.

Today, nearly 5 percent of Americans have Asian ancestry, tracing to countries from India to Japan. The Pew Research Center reports that they are "the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States."