The Best Public High Schools in the U.S. by SAT & ACT Scores

[Anonymous]

We’ve combed through thousands of records to find the top high schools in the country by test scores in a massive study. The results are in.

The two best high schools in America by test scores only are Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, which was the top-scoring high school for the SATs, and Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada, which was the top-scoring high school for the ACTs. The two high schools in America that should still work on their test scores are the Second Start School in Concord, New Hampshire, which had the country’s lowest average SAT score, and the Variety School in Las Vegas, Nevada, which had the country’s lowest average ACT score.

Rank School Location Average SAT Score

1 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, Virginia 1515 (originally 2198/2400)

2 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies Edison, New Jersey 1502

3 High Technology High School Lincroft, New Jersey 1500

4 Felicity-Franklin High School Felicity, Ohio 1480 (originally 2120/2400)

5 Biotechnology High School Freehold Township, New Jersey 1477

6 Bergen County Academies Hackensack, New Jersey 1470

7 Stuyvesant High School New York City, New York 1466 (originally 2096/2400)

8 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Denton, Texas 1465

9 Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science Worcester, Massachusetts 1457

10 Jasper High School Plano, Texas 1446

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[Anonymous]

Everyone already knows that test scores are better in high schools which have an application process. Those schools choose kids who do well on tests, not take average kids and turn them into academic super stars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone already knows that test scores are better in high schools which have an application process. Those schools choose kids who do well on tests, not take average kids and turn them into academic super stars.

+100

[Anonymous]

And everyone knows in the grand scheme of life no one cares what HS you went to and where your HS ranked nationally. Seriously, unless your 21 see if anyone at your job gives a F about where you went to HS and what your HS was ranked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And everyone knows in the grand scheme of life no one cares what HS you went to and where your HS ranked nationally. Seriously, unless your 21 see if anyone at your job gives a F about where you went to HS and what your HS was ranked.

My employer was more impressed by my high school TJ than UVA.

[Anonymous]

While I love our high school, I think it had very, very little to do with the fact that my kid got a 36 on the ACT.

[Anonymous]

1 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, Virginia 1515 (originally 2198/2400)
70% Asian

2 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies Edison, New Jersey 1502
84% Asian


3 High Technology High School Lincroft, New Jersey 1500
55% Asian

4 Felicity-Franklin High School Felicity, Ohio 1480 (originally 2120/2400)
95% white

greatschools has this school ranked as 2, and niche gives it a C

So I am not sure what the SAT scores in that school means. Did only a handful of kids take it?

5 Biotechnology High School Freehold Township, New Jersey 1477
51% Asian


6 Bergen County Academies Hackensack, New Jersey 1470
51% Asian

7 Stuyvesant High School New York City, New York 1466 (originally 2096/2400)
73% Asian

8 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Denton, Texas 1465
No info on demographics
Residential program.

9 Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science Worcester, Massachusetts 1457
50% Asian


10 Jasper High School Plano, Texas 1446
48.8% Asian


So basically, the schools with the top SAT Scores, are majoriy Asian. News at 11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And everyone knows in the grand scheme of life no one cares what HS you went to and where your HS ranked nationally. Seriously, unless your 21 see if anyone at your job gives a F about where you went to HS and what your HS was ranked.

My employer was more impressed by my high school TJ than UVA.

That says a lot about your employer. Or maybe it says something about UVA. Yikes!

[Anonymous]

My son went to TJ and now is at the University of Pennsylvania. Not sure anyone even knows where he went to HS. I'd bet money that they do not care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve combed through thousands of records to find the top high schools in the country by test scores in a massive study. The results are in.

The two best high schools in America by test scores only are Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, which was the top-scoring high school for the SATs, and Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada, which was the top-scoring high school for the ACTs. The two high schools in America that should still work on their test scores are the Second Start School in Concord, New Hampshire, which had the country’s lowest average SAT score, and the Variety School in Las Vegas, Nevada, which had the country’s lowest average ACT score.

Rank School Location Average SAT Score

1 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, Virginia 1515 (originally 2198/2400)

2 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies Edison, New Jersey 1502

3 High Technology High School Lincroft, New Jersey 1500

4 Felicity-Franklin High School Felicity, Ohio 1480 (originally 2120/2400)

5 Biotechnology High School Freehold Township, New Jersey 1477

6 Bergen County Academies Hackensack, New Jersey 1470

7 Stuyvesant High School New York City, New York 1466 (originally 2096/2400)

8 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Denton, Texas 1465

9 Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science Worcester, Massachusetts 1457

10 Jasper High School Plano, Texas 1446

https://brainly.com/insights/best-worst-public-high-schools-us-by-sat-act-scores

If TJ was so great hy is TJ's SAT average so much lower than the MCPS STEM magnets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve combed through thousands of records to find the top high schools in the country by test scores in a massive study. The results are in.

The two best high schools in America by test scores only are Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, which was the top-scoring high school for the SATs, and Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada, which was the top-scoring high school for the ACTs. The two high schools in America that should still work on their test scores are the Second Start School in Concord, New Hampshire, which had the country’s lowest average SAT score, and the Variety School in Las Vegas, Nevada, which had the country’s lowest average ACT score.

Rank School Location Average SAT Score

1 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, Virginia 1515 (originally 2198/2400)

2 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies Edison, New Jersey 1502

3 High Technology High School Lincroft, New Jersey 1500

4 Felicity-Franklin High School Felicity, Ohio 1480 (originally 2120/2400)

5 Biotechnology High School Freehold Township, New Jersey 1477

6 Bergen County Academies Hackensack, New Jersey 1470

7 Stuyvesant High School New York City, New York 1466 (originally 2096/2400)

8 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Denton, Texas 1465

9 Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science Worcester, Massachusetts 1457

10 Jasper High School Plano, Texas 1446

https://brainly.com/insights/best-worst-public-high-schools-us-by-sat-act-scores

If TJ was so great hy is TJ's SAT average so much lower than the MCPS STEM magnets?

Along comes the MCPS moron as usual.

So where is Poolesville on this list? And what do you think the TJ average would have been if it were as small as the Blair magnet?

In any event MCPS doesn’t report SAT scores externally any longer and TJ #s will plummet with the admissions change so it will all be moot soon.

[Anonymous]

The obsession with TJ is so funny (and pathetic at the same time). Listen, moms and dads, I promise you in the big scheme of things, NONE OF THIS MATTERS! I have a child at TJ. I have a child at our base neighborhood HS. I have a special needs child in private (7th grade) and because IUDs move, I have a child in our base neighborhood ES. Your kids will be fine, with or without TJ!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with TJ is so funny (and pathetic at the same time). Listen, moms and dads, I promise you in the big scheme of things, NONE OF THIS MATTERS! I have a child at TJ. I have a child at our base neighborhood HS. I have a special needs child in private (7th grade) and because IUDs move, I have a child in our base neighborhood ES. Your kids will be fine, with or without TJ!!!

Who said they wouldn’t be? Chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone already knows that test scores are better in high schools which have an application process. Those schools choose kids who do well on tests, not take average kids and turn them into academic super stars.

One of the ones that came in last is titled "Second Start." I think I'd be more proud of those kids' accomplishments than TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with TJ is so funny (and pathetic at the same time). Listen, moms and dads, I promise you in the big scheme of things, NONE OF THIS MATTERS! I have a child at TJ. I have a child at our base neighborhood HS. I have a special needs child in private (7th grade) and because IUDs move, I have a child in our base neighborhood ES. Your kids will be fine, with or without TJ!!!

Who said they wouldn’t be? Chill.

The 18,000 posts in DCUM AAP with all the handwringing about TJ did.