Stonewall Jackson High School (Bull Run, Virginia)

Stonewall Jackson High school
Address
8820 Rixlew Lane
Manassas, Virginia, 20109
USA
Information
School type Public, high school
School district Prince William County Public Schools
School number (703) 365.2900
Principal Richard Nichols
Vice principal Rhonda Carper, Mark Roadarmel and Cheryl Ann Shell
Grades 9–12
Enrollment ~2,400
Color(s) Cardinal, Gold, and White             
Mascot Raider
Website www.SJRaiders.org/

Stonewall Jackson High School is a public secondary school in Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia, 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 as its School of the Year

Demographics

In the 2011-2012 school year, Stonewall's student body was:[1]

Curriculum

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 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 students were involved in some form of accelerated program and 470 IB Exams were administered to 200 students, often one student taking up to six exams.

See also

References

  1. ↑ School profile

External links

Coordinates: 38°45′55″N 77°30′30″W / 38.7652°N 77.5084°W / 38.7652; -77.5084


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