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

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Thomas Alva Edison High School
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Thomas A. Edison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)
5801 Franconia Road

Alexandria
,
Virginia
22310

United States
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School type Public, high school
Motto"As eagles we soar"
Established1962
School district Fairfax County Public Schools
PrincipalAmanda Burke
StaffApproximately 230
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,151 [1]  (2020-2021)
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Red, white, and navy blue    
Athletics conference National District
Northern Region
MascotEagles
Rivals Hayfield Secondary School, Mount Vernon High School
Feeder schools Mark Twain Middle School, Wendell Holmes Middle School
Website www.fcps.edu/EdisonHS

Thomas Alva Edison High School is one of 25 high schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Thomas Edison is an International Baccalaureate school.

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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. Since the mid 1990s it enrolled students of Australian, Korean, Eritrean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Cambodian, Polish, Italian, Mexican, Colombian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, and Pakistani ancestries or nationalities. The diverse religious backgrounds of the students that have included students that identify as Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslim, and others. The school's diversity reflected the massive influx of immigrants to the Northern Virginia region.

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 quiz bowl game show It's Academic, which is broadcast by the local Washington, DC PBS affiliate station and substation, WETA PBS (main) and WETA METRO (substation).

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, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Northern Virginia Community College. Prominent graduates of the school include Eric Barton, a professional football player with the National Football League.

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

Demographics

Presented below are some demographics for Thomas Edison during the 2021–22 school year: [2]

GenderEdison percentageFCPS high school average
Male50.4%52.0%
Female49.6%48.0%
EthnicityEdison percentageFCPS high school average
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%0.3%
Asian13.2%19.3%
Black/ African American18.0%9.8%
Hispanic/ Latino36.3%27.7%
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander0.1%0.1%
Two or more races5.4%6.1%
White26.5%36.7%

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 1494 (502 in Critical Reading, 505 in Math, and 487 in Writing).[ citation needed ]

Edison Academy

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

One of the school-specific programs offered through the Edison Academy to eligible students is the Global STEM Challenges Program: The program at Edison includes the Global STEM Challenges Program. It is a three-year program for 9th grade to 11th graders that aims to provide hands-on science, math, and engineering experience in order to provide experience and knowledge on real-world problems and their possible solutions.

International Baccalaureate program

Edison High School is one of 33 schools in the state of Virginia to have an IB program.

Athletics

Edison participates in the AAA National District of the 6A North Region. Sports offered to students include:

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Edison High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Ethnicity, Gender, and Race Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-01-11.
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