Enrollment Criteria

Thomas Jefferson P-TECH is designed to serve incoming ninth-grade students who are:

• Determined to attend college.
• First Generation college students.
• Historically underrepresented in higher education.

The academy will accept up to 125 ninth-grade students per year, and students will move together as a cohort as they progress through high school.

Students will attend ninth and tenth grade at Thomas Jefferson High School in a dedicated wing of the building. For their junior and senior years, students will attend classes on the Dallas College Brookhaven campus. Transportation will be provided at no charge.