Thomas A. Edison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

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Thomas Edison High School

Established	1963
School type	public school
Principal	Greg Croghan
Address	5801 Franconia Rd Alexandria, Virginia 22310
Enrollment	1,778
Athletic Conference	National District Northern Region
Colors	Red, White, Navy Blue
Nickname	Eagles
Rival School	Mount Vernon High School
Homepage	Official Site

Thomas A. Edison High School is a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, administered by Fairfax County Public Schools.

Edison High School has traditionally been a relatively small public high school in terms of the size of its student population. It has a culturally and ethnically diverse student body. Its student body and graduating classes in the mid- and late 1990s and early 2000s included students of Australian, Korean, Eritrean and Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Cambodian, Polish, Italian, Mexican, Colombian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, and Pakistani ancestry or nationality. The diverse religious backgrounds of the students ranged from Christian and Mormon to Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist. The school's diversity clearly reflected the massive influx of immigrants to the Northern Virginia region generally.

In the 1990s, the school's debate and forensics teams gained widespread and even national recognition for their achievements in those fields. Its academic team has appeared on the local television quizbowl game show "It's Academic", which is broadcast by the local Washington, DC NBC affiliate station, WRC-TV.

Edison's graduates have typically moved on to attend local and state colleges and universities, such as Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and Northern Virginia Community College.

In both 1996 and 1997 Edison's theater club won second place and first place at the regional level of the VHSL league one-act play festival.

1 Demographics
2 Test Scores
3 The Edison Academy
4 Athletics
5 Links

[edit] Demographics

In 2005-2006, Edison's student body was 44% White; 20% Black; 23% Hispanic; and 12% Asian.

[edit] Test Scores

Edison High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for Edison was a 1494 (502 in Critical Readng, 505 in Math, and 487 in Writing).

[edit] The Edison Academy

The Edison Academy is a career center that 10th-12th graders can take courses based on a career they want to do when they finish school. It helps them build the skills they need for a successful career in the future. Edison High School is one of the selected schools in Fairfax County to have an academy center.