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The No. 1 school on Newsweek’s “America’s Top High Schools 2015” ranking is Thomas Jefferson High, located in Alexandria, VA. Thomas Jefferson received a perfect overall College Readiness Score of 100 on Newsweek’s ranking criteria. [b]The school has a graduation rate of 100% and a college enrollment rate of 99.8%. The average SAT exam score at the school is 2182 and the average AP exam score is 4.45.
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https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/the-top-10-high-schools-in-america-127034331392.html[/quote]

I'm guessing the same could be said for a good number of area private schools.[/quote]

Good number of area privates certainly will not have average SAT score of 2182 and average AP exam score of 4.45. [/quote]

Sorry but no.  Those numbers are REALLY HIGH.  Many area privates have very good numbers but not like that.

It's harder to find numbers for privates but at least for SAT scores I think there are some -

Googling Sidwell, NCS, Maret and Potomac you can find SAT averages around there - though sources differ.

St Anselm's Abbey actually publishes theirs: 684 Verbal, 667 Math (10-year average); 667 Writing (5-year average)[/quote]

Keep in mind though, "rigor" doesn't necessary mean higher test scores. Ability to analyze and critic literature, history, being able to articulate your opinions are as important, if not more, as any test scores. I am a public parent but sometimes I think we put too much emphasis on test scores/awards to measure "rigor."  TJ is an excellent example. [/quote]

I don't think you are too familiar with TJ. TJ teachers/staff members do not discuss SAT or APs since there is no need to discuss them. Many TJ students take "post-ap" courses instead of taking easy AP courses such as psychology, APES etc. which might boost both the gpa and school rankings.

Their English and History courses are taught by excellent teachers many of them hold PhDs, JDs (for example, my son's English teacher was a Yale Law School graduate, his AP Govt teacher was a lawyer who had worked on many national campaigns and at Ivy League schools, another history teacher was an officer with the Coast Guard etc.). TJ has the most active debate/forensic teams and clubs of all of the private and public schools in the DC area. They have 4 debate teams plus congressional debate team as well as forensic/speech teams. TJ regularly have the most students in the top 5 or top 10 at the WACFL events as well as the most number of participants (I think the event organizers put a limit on TJ recently because there were "too many TJ students" at the debate tournaments). TJ has the best MUN delegation in the DC  area as well looking at the top 25 national teams for the past 10 years.

TJ also has numerous students win Scholastic Writing/Arts contest each year. I think they have the most number of winners if not one of the most numbers in the DC area. Their yearbook/ newspaper routinely wins national and regional awards as well.

It's not just math and science. Don't make that assumption. 
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Actually, I am pretty familiar with TJ. What you are describing is nothing special. Many top performing HS/magnet/privates in DC area perform at the same level if not beyond.

It's not just TJ. Don't make that assumption. [/quote]

You would not have cited TJ as an "excellent example" of putting too much emphasize on tests and lacking ability to analyze and critic literature, history and being able to articulate opinions if you were familiar with TJ. [/quote]

The PP doesn't have a clue regarding TJ. [/quote]

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