Asian students for the first time this year took more than half of the coveted spots at the Washington region’s top public high school, maintaining a stunning trajectory of academic success.

In the past five years, the ranks of Asian students have risen to 54 percent of admitted students at Fairfax County’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, commonly called TJ. That’s up from 32 percent five years ago and 45 percent last year.

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