Colorado five-year-old who is the son of Space Force intelligence officer dad and data analyst mom is accepted to Mensa after scoring in the top 1%

A Colorado kindergartner has been accepted into Mensa - after scoring in the top percentile of the society's hallowed intelligence test.

Jacob Young, 5, earned the top mark this year, after his principal tipped off his parents about his fascination with WWII-era airplanes.

A doctor conducted an IQ test, which the child then passed with flying colors.

His father and mother - an intelligence officer with the Space Force and a former data analyst, respectively - were then instructed to contact a prestigious high-IQ society, with famously exclusive Mensa emerging as a candidate.

The pair obliged, and are now singing songs of praise for their precocious progeny. He proudly produced his mailed-in Mensa card during an interview this past Monday, as is parents fawned over his accomplishment - and now-known smarts.

Jacob Young, 5, was accepted into Mensa this school year - after scoring in the top percentile of the society's hallowed intelligence test

His father and mother - Space Force intelligence officer Joshua (right) and former data analyst Renee (middle) - sang songs of praise during an interview Monday from their son's classroom

Mom Renee Young told Fox 19 in an interview from her kid's school: 'He watches documentaries with us. He loves the History Channel.

'The conversations are like what you might have in a high school or college class, but it's with our 5-year-old at the dinner table.'

The ex-data analyst, joined by her Space Force officer spouse Joshua, offered the insight during a visit to their son's class at Monument's Prairie Winds Elementary, where interim principal Aileen Finnegan too picked up on Jacob's intellect.

'I was in his kindergarten class last week, and I noticed the students were writing books and writing simple sentences and telling a story with details,' she told the outlet, after it sent a reporter to call attention to the boy's accomplishment.

The staffer, seemingly still in awe by what transpired, went on to recall: 'Jacob’s topic was World War II airplanes.'

Finnegan then contacted the boy's parents, who - already somewhat aware of their son's smarts - sought a doctor.

Renee recalled the testing and surprising revelation that ensued.

'The doctor who did the testing for Jacob said, "You might start looking for organizations, and I'll send you recommendations.

Local outlet Fox 18 sent a reporter to call attention to the boy's recent accomplishment, which means he beat out thousands of adults

Mom Renee told Fox 19 in an interview from her kid's school: 'He watches documentaries with us. He loves the History Channel'

The ex-data analyst, joined by her military-employed spouse, offered the insight Monday, some six years after relocating to their small town

The interview was held at Monument's Prairie Winds Elementary, where a staffer also picked up on the boy's abnormal intelligence

Interim principal Aileen Finnegan recalled: 'I was in his kindergarten class... and I noticed the students were writing books and writing simple sentences and telling a story with details... Jacob’s topic was World War II airplanes'

Finnegan then contacted the boy's parents, who - already somehwat aware of their son's smarts - sought a doctor. After conducting an IQ test, he told them to contact Mensa, which also administered a test on the boy

He went on to pass it with flying colors, receiving his Mensa card in the mail as proof a few weeks later

'"There are magnet schools, groups and there's Mensa,"' she remembered him as saying. 

'"This might be a great fit to help him meet with like-minded peers, [and] challenge him outside the school setting."'

Having just enrolled their son in school a few months before, they said why not, and reached out to the society that counts both Geena Davis and Quentin Tarantino as members.

The boy would then take a different test - one sent by Mensa specifically - and sent it back to the Texas-based organization for perusal.

'We found out a few weeks later they accepted him. It's great and exciting,' Renee said, as her son sat and skimmed through books about marine life, consuming knowledge at an almost unsettling pace.

The test is not a substitute for IQ tests, and thus does not have the same score system, but his parents said he scored in the top one percent of all applicants, regardless of age.

With around 150,000 members in 90 countries, this means he beat out tens of thousands of full-grown adults intellectually to earn the sanctioned score.

The test is not a substitute for IQ tests, and thus does not have the same score system, but his parents said he scored in the top 1 percent of all applicants, regardless of age

With around 150,000 members in 90 countries, this means he beat out tens of thousands of full-grown adults intellectually to earn the sanctioned score

Only those who score in the top 2 percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test qualify for Mensa - making the child's score all the more impressive

With this in mind, Jacob still continues to ask questions, at times leaving even his pedigreed parents stumped, the told Fox 18

Dad Joshua said of his whiz kid: 'I expect him to keep challenging us and keep us on our toes'

Moreover, only those who score in the top 2 percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test qualify for Mensa - making the child's score all the more impressive.

He also took the several-hour-long test at just five years old, meaning - even with his outsized achievements - he still has a lot to learn.

With this in mind, Jacob still continues to ask questions, at times leaving even his pedigreed parents stumped.

Dad Joshua said of his whiz kid's penchant for pondering: 'I expect him to keep challenging us and keep us on our toes.'