TJ’s student population has shifted significantly in the past decade as rising numbers of immigrants have moved to Northern Virginia. An overwhelming majority of those admitted now are Asian students, and the school accepted the fewest number of white students since at least 2004 — 117 this year — making up 24 percent of the class. In 2004, 54 percent of the admitted students were white and 32 percent were Asian.
The interesting thing is that Asian families move to Fairfax County in droves, specifically with the ambition of getting their kids into TJ. Fairfax County also has many gifted magnets at the elementary level, so you will see (predominantly white) families move into that area for the opportunity to put their gifted kids into public school. In other words, gifted white and Asian students are concentrated in Fairfax County on purpose. (Hardworking, MG students are a dime a dozen in that school system.)
Of course, this phenomenon wouldn't happen to such an extent, if there were schools like this in other areas.
