Governor Thomas Johnson High School

Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Home of the Patriots
Address
Map
1501 North Market Street

Frederick
,
Maryland
21701

United States
Coordinates39°26′2″N 77°24′18″W / 39.43389°N 77.40500°W / 39.43389; -77.40500
Information
TypePublic high school
OpenedSeptember 6, 1966
School districtFrederick County Public Schools
PrincipalTracey Kibler[1]
Teaching staff87.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,578 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.14[2]
CampusSmall City
Campus size40 acres (160,000 m2)
Color(s)Red, white, and blue
Athletics conferenceCentral Maryland Conference
NicknamePatriots
RivalFrederick High School
NewspaperTJ Chronicle
YearbookTricorn
Feeder schoolsMonocacy Middle School & Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School
Websiteedu.fcps.org/gtjhs/
[3][4]

Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) is a four-year public high school in Frederick, Maryland, United States. The school is home to the Academy of Fine Arts, an audition-only visual and performing arts program for talented students in Frederick County from grades 9-12. The school is also home to the naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps for Frederick County.

Thomas Johnson

Governor Thomas Johnson

The school is named after former Maryland Governor Thomas Johnson, who was the first post-colonial governor of the state. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress and an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Johnson himself received no formal early education, and was educated at home alongside his 11 siblings.[5]

Buildings

The school is located on Maryland Route 355, north of 14th Street and southeast of U.S. Route 15. The building has 292,940 square feet (27,215 m2) of space located on 40 acres (16 ha) of land.[6] The address is 1501 N. Market Street in Frederick, MD 21701.

Students

Gov. Thomas Johnson High has around 1,850 students and the demographics were as follows for 2021-2022 year [7]

30.5% White

23.7% African American

35.1% Hispanic

4.7% Multiracial

Thomas Johnson's graduation rate steadily rose throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2007, the school graduated 93.85%, the highest rate in the past 12 years. The school had a low of 84.91% in 1999.[8]

The school's population had been steadily rising over the years, but began decreasing in 2010 due to the redistricting of some students to Oakdale High School.

Student population[9]
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1,339 1,375 1,396 1,407 1,457 1,503 1,548 1,689 1,743 1,858 1,953 1,925 1,987 1,994 1,995 2,022 1,994 2,000 1,681 1,583 1,524 1,489
Governor Thomas Johnson High School

Academies

Governor Thomas Johnson High School is home to 2 "academies" for Frederick County Public Schools.

The "Academy for the Fine Arts" has been at GTJHS since the late 1980s.[10] AFA, as it is called, offers various college level classes pertaining to the arts for students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.[11]

The Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps was a new addition to GTJHS for the 2015–16 school year.[12] The program had previously been held at Linganore High School.[13] The NJROTC features an orienteering team, a rifle team, and a drill team.

Sports

State Champions

  • 2023 - Boys' outdoor track & field
  • 2017 - Unified track
  • 2013 - Boys' cross country
  • 2012 - Boys' indoor track & field
  • 2011 - Boys' outdoor track & field
  • 2010 - Boys' outdoor track & field
  • 2010 - Boys' indoor track & field
  • 2009 - Boys' outdoor track & field
  • 2009 - Boys' indoor track & field
  • 2006 - Boys' soccer[14]
  • 2002 - Baseball[15]
  • 2001 - Girls' soccer[16]
  • 2000 - Boys' track & field[17]
  • 1999 - Boys' basketball[18]
  • 1997 - Boys' basketball
  • 1997 - Girls' soccer
  • 1994 - Softball[19]
  • 1992 - Baseball
  • 1989 - Girls' basketball[20]
  • 1988 - Boys' basketball
  • 1986 - Boys' basketball
  • 1985 - Boys' basketball
  • 1983 - Baseball
  • 1983 - Girls' basketball
  • 1982 - Boys' basketball
  • 1982 - Football[21]
  • 1975 - Boys' basketball

Notable alumni

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ "Principal and AP Appointments for the 2020-2021 School Year".
  2. ^ a b c "Gov. Thomas Johnson High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Frederick County (Central Maryland Conference)". frederickcountycmc.org. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for GOV. Thomas Johnson High". ed.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Thomas Johnson". Oyez. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  6. ^ SDAT. "SDAT: Real Property Search". resiusa.org. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "About GTJHS | Gov. Thomas Johnson High School".
  8. ^ Maryland Report Card
  9. ^ Maryland State Department of Education
  10. ^ About GTJHS
  11. ^ FCPS Special Programs
  12. ^ GTJHS NJROTC Website
  13. ^ LHS NJROTC Website
  14. ^ MPSSAA Boys' Soccer
  15. ^ MPSSAA Baseball
  16. ^ MPSSAA Girls' Soccer
  17. ^ MPSSAA Boys' Track & Field
  18. ^ MPSSAA Boys' Basketball
  19. ^ MPSSAA Softball
  20. ^ MPSSAA Girls' Basketball
  21. ^ MPSSAA Football
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