TJ Acceptance Rate by Middle School
Nysmith School TJ Acceptance Rate
How Nysmith School applicants have fared in TJHSST admissions, class by class, from FCPS admissions records, and what the numbers mean for your student.
50.0%Class of 2028 acceptance rate, private school
For the Class of 2028, Nysmith School’s rate of 50.0% was higher than the 24.6% rate for all private and homeschool applicants.
| Class | Nysmith School | All private and homeschool |
|---|---|---|
| Class of 2025 | Not published | 10.2% |
| Class of 2026 | Not published | 10.7% |
| Class of 2027 | Not published | 19.4% |
| Class of 2028 | 50.0% | 24.6% |
| Class of 2029 | Not published | 17.7% |
We don’t show a combined 2025-2028 rate for this school because FCPS did not publish a rate for it in every one of those years.
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How the 1.5% Rule Applies to Nysmith School
Nysmith School is a private school, so it is not part of the 1.5% allocation. FCPS presumptively allocates seats only to participating public middle schools, equal to 1.5% of each school’s 8th grade population. Private school and homeschool applicants who live in a participating division are eligible under the same academic requirements, and they compete only for unallocated seats.
The unallocated pool also includes public school applicants who did not receive an allocated seat, plus any allocated seats a public school could not fill with eligible applicants. Unallocated seats go to the highest-evaluated applicants in that group. FCPS does not publish how many seats are unallocated in a given year.
Read our full guide to the 1.5% rule for more.
What Nysmith School’s Rate Means for Your Student
Nysmith School’s rate describes what happened to its applicants as a group in each year. It rises and falls with the strength of each year’s applicant pool, and it does not predict an individual result.
Every offer depends on the evaluated application: core GPA, the Student Portrait Sheet, the Problem-Solving Essay, and experience factors FCPS considers as context. Confirm eligibility first with our TJ GPA calculator, then put the effort where it moves the result: the SPS and PSE. Our free TJ diagnostic shows where your student stands on both.
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Nysmith School TJ Admissions Questions
Nysmith School’s most recent published TJHSST acceptance rate is 50.0% for the Class of 2028, meaning 50.0% of its TJ applicants that year received an initial offer.
For the Class of 2028, Nysmith School’s rate of 50.0% was higher than the 24.6% rate for all private and homeschool applicants. Rates move from year to year, so one class is not a trend.
None are set aside. Nysmith School is a private school, so it is not part of the 1.5% allocation that FCPS uses for participating public middle schools. Its applicants compete only for unallocated seats, alongside public school applicants who did not receive an allocated seat. FCPS does not publish how many unallocated seats there are.
Not in a way you can plan around. Nysmith School’s rate reflects how strong its applicant pool was in each year, and it changes from year to year. Every offer depends on the evaluated application: core GPA, the Student Portrait Sheet, the Problem-Solving Essay, and experience factors. A school’s rate does not predict an individual result.
FCPS suppresses small counts to protect student privacy. A class year is missing when FCPS did not disclose enough to compute a public rate for Nysmith School. It does not mean no student was offered a seat.
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Source. Rates come from aggregate FCPS and TJHSST admissions records: the Classes of 2025 to 2028 from the public visualization model behind our Data & Insights page, and the Class of 2029 from the FCPS Class of 2029 admissions outcome summary. Rates are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point, an initial offer does not necessarily mean enrollment, and years are omitted when FCPS did not disclose enough data to compute a public rate. The allocation rules follow the FCPS freshman application process page. TJ Test Prep is an independent prep program and is not affiliated with FCPS, TJHSST, or Nysmith School. Last reviewed September 25, 2026.
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