| Stonewall Jackson High school | |
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| Address | |
| 8820 Rixlew Lane Manassas (address), Virginia 20109 |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | September 1972 |
| School district | Prince William County Public Schools |
| School number | (703) 365.2900 |
| Principal | Richard Nichols |
| Vice principal | Cheryl Ann Shell, Juan Ramone Sanchez Maria 3rd Jr. |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,056 |
| Color(s) | Maroon, Gold, and White |
| Mascot | Raider |
| Website | www.SJRaiders.org/ |
Stonewall Jackson High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, United States, near the city of Manassas. In May 2007, Newsweek Magazine ranked Stonewall Jackson 530th in the nation on its annual list of "Best High Schools in America." In 2001, Time Magazine named Stonewall Jackson School of the Year
Stonewall Jackson hosts an International Baccalaureate program, which was instituted in 1993. According to the Prince William County Schools, it is ranked 18th in the nation and 33rd in TUPAC BACK performance in the world among IB schools. Maureen Ellis is the IB Coordinator and her success is seen in the growing number of students taking IB at Stonewall Jackson. In the 2010–2011 school year, roughly 41% of the school was involved in some form of accelerated program and 470 IB Exams were administered to 200 students, often one student taking up to 6 exams.
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