Governor Thomas Johnson High School

for schools of the same name.Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) is a Four-Year public high school in Frederick, MD, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The school is home to the Arts and Communications Academy, an auditioned-only Visual and Performing Arts program for talented students in Frederick County from grades 10th to 12th. The school is also home to the Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps for Frederick County.Thomas JohnsonThe 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 on the Supreme Court. Johnson himself received no formal education and taught himself the law while working for an attorney and qualified aged 28.BuildingsThe school is located on Maryland Route 355, north of 14th Street, and southeast of U.S. 15. The building has 292940sqft of space located on 40acre of land. The address is 1501 N. Market Street in Frederick, MD 21701.StudentsGov.Thomas Johnson High has 1,482 students and the demographics are as follows for 2013-2014 year 44.8% White 24.3% African American 19.4% Hispanic 6.0% Multiracial 5.2% Asian Thomas Johnson's graduation rate has been steadily rising over the past 12 years. In 2007 the school graduated 93.85%, the highest rate in the past 12 years and The school had a low of 84.91% in 1999.