Thomas Jefferson High School

Thomas Jefferson High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
4001 Walnut Hill Ln,  Dallas, TX
Dallas Independent School District
3.5
2.9
1,462 Students
C+
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Sandi Massey
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Average SAT Score
960
Average ACT Score
18
Math Proficiency
31%
Reading Proficiency
23%
Average GPA
3.4
Graduation Rate
73%

Niche Grade

C+
Academics
B
Teachers
C+
College Prep
B
Administration
B-
Resources/Facilities
B+
Clubs and Activities
B-
Sports
C+
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.4
Reading Proficiency
23%
Math Proficiency
31%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Teachers
103
Full Time Teachers
103
Teachers in First or Second Year
35.5%
College Prep
Average SAT
960
Math
480
Verbal
490
Average ACT
18
Math
18
English
17
Reading
19
Science
19
Number of AP Courses
11
AP Pass Rate
19.6%
AP Math Enrollment
Low
AP Science Enrollment
Average
Other AP Enrollment
High
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
Low

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

English
2%
State Average
9%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
330:1

Student Diversity

Male
54.7%
Female
45.3%
Hispanic
93.8%
Black
3.8%
White
1.4%
Native American
<1%
Two or more races
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

AP Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
University of North Texas 339 Students
Texas A&M University 253 Students
University of Texas - Austin 218 Students
University of Texas - Arlington 192 Students
Dallas College - Brookhaven Campus 167 Students
Texas Woman's University 159 Students
Stephen F. Austin State University 152 Students
Texas State University 150 Students
Baylor University 145 Students
Southern Methodist University 145 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business 119 Students
Nursing 94 Students
Biology 57 Students
Psychology 56 Students
Education 55 Students
Computer Science 42 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 41 Students
Nursing Assistant 37 Students
Architecture 34 Students
Family Practice and Pediatric Nursing 33 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.5 156 Reviews
4.0 Senior
10/15/2024
A good school to go to caring staff. Food isn't great, they give the same food everyday and I'm not kidding. Coaches for sports are good we just loose every game.
4.0 Senior
4/3/2024
My experience at Thomas Jefferson High School is very fun and autentic. The way of teaching is very focused and has many resources, and ways to understand the topic. In my opinion, I can tell that it creates new paths for every student according with academics. At Sports, it has a very competitive way and it has a good coaching methods for encourage of the team.
5.0 Senior
6/29/2023
Thomas Jefferson is a tuff school. It showed me a lot of real life situations that other schools don't show. The teachers there are so incredibly they feel like family they take care of us if we were their kids. My basketball coach was the best she didn't not only teach me the sport she taught me how to be a role model how to speak up for myself. Being in that sport helped me a lot as a person and I'm always going to be thankful for her and the school for hiring amazing staffs. Coach Crenshaw always took care of me when I most needed it. I needed someone to talk to she was there to support me and listen to me. Also when we didn't have food for games she always bought food for the team she also gave us food to take home if we didn't have any. The environment the school was always calm and peaceful. The only thing I didn't like was students who didn't behave good or listen to the teachers. They have to be nice to the teachers and respect.
GreatSchools Reviews
2.9 9 Reviews
1.0 other
10/25/2018
Zero, scumbags, one two three four five six seven eight is enough?
1.0 parent
4/20/2018
Horrible learning environment and lack of discipline.
1.0 parent
10/28/2016
Principal Massey has no control over the students and no respect from the teachers.
4.0 student
2/10/2015
i am a junior at tj and i really like this school. There are some really great teachers and students. Despite the fact of having a bad reputation, i fell that tj has passed through that. There are a lot of clubs and sports students can take. The only thing i don't like is that there isn't much diver...

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