2.26 APS Schools Make State 2021 Advanced Placement Honor Roll

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     

February 26, 2021

 

APS Schools Make State 2021 Advanced Placement Honor Roll
Nine district high schools were among those honored for achievement, high levels of participation, access, support and more

 

Nine Atlanta Public Schools (APS) high schools made the list of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2021, released this week by the Georgia Department of Education:  Atlanta Classical Academy, Charles R. Drew Charter, Henry W. Grady High, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Maynard H. Jackson High, North Atlanta High, South Atlanta High, Daniel M. Therrell High, and Booker T. Washington High.

 

The schools were among those high schools statewide that were lauded for achievement, high levels of participation, access, support and more in AP coursework. Georgia’s public school students for the Class of 2020 posted the 17th-highest Advancement Placement pass rate in the nation, according to College Board data.

 

AP Access and Support Schools –Schools with at least 30 percent of AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as African-American and/or Hispanic and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher:

Charles R. Drew Charter High and Maynard H. Jackson High


AP Challenge Schools – Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in English, math, science, and social studies:

Atlanta Classical Academy, Booker T. Washington High, Charles R. Drew Charter, Daniel M. Therrell High, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, South Atlanta High


AP Schools of Distinction – Schools with at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher:

Henry W. Grady High and North Atlanta High

 

AP Expansion Schools – AP schools with 25 percent growth in AP student participation from May 2019 to May 2020 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2019:

Henry W. Grady High and North Atlanta High


AP Humanities Schools – Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course:

Atlanta Classical Academy and North Atlanta High


AP Humanities Achievement Schools – AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of three or higher:

Atlanta Classical Academy and North Atlanta High


AP STEM Schools – Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles):

Atlanta Classical Academy, Henry W. Grady High, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Maynard H. Jackson High, North Atlanta High

 

AP STEM Achievement Schools – AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher:

Henry W. Grady High and North Atlanta High

 

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