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More than 20 Students from Burke Schools Offered Admission to TJHSST
Of the 480 students accepted to the class of 2017 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 21 are from Lake Braddock Secondary in Burke.
For the second consecutive year, the majority of students accepted to the incoming freshman class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST or TJ) will come from middle schools in Herndon and Falls Church.
According to data from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Carson Middle School in Herndon had the most students accepted, a total of 64, for the class of 2017. Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church and Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly each had 55 students accepted.
A total of 21 students from Lake Braddock Secondary School were offered admission to TJ. Less than 10 students from Robinson Secondary School were also accepted for the class of 2017.
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Last year, 76 students were admitted from Carson and 72 from Longfellow.
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A this year, according to statistics released by FCPS last week. Seventy-six percent of those students are from Fairfax County schools.
Carson also had the highest number of students apply to TJ this year, a total of 217, followed closely by Longfellow, which had 214 students apply to the governor's school.
For more information on admission to TJHSST, read our Patch series.
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