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Media Contact: - Dana Tofig, (404) 463-1487, dtofig@gadoe.org - Get GaDOE Updates on Twitter February 5, 2009 -- State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox named more than 80 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools today. "Georgia is making tremendous strides with Advanced Placement -- not only in the number of students taking the courses, but in the number of students having success," Superintendent Cox said. "Much of that progress comes from the dedication to rigor and excellence at each of our AP Honor Schools." Advanced Placement (AP) classes and exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP classes offer rigorous college-level learning options to students in high school. Students who receive a 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams may receive college credit. The 2009 AP Honor Schools are named in three categories, based on the results of 2007-2008 AP classes and exams: - AP CHALLENGE SCHOOLS: Schools with fewer than 900 students that are offering AP classes in the four core areas of English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science - AP ACCESS & SUPPORT SCHOOLS: Schools with 30% of AP test takers that are African-American or Hispanic and at least 30% of all AP exams scoring 3 or higher - AP MERIT SCHOOLS: Schools with at least 20% of students taking AP exams and at least half of the AP exams scoring a 3 or higher The AP Honor Schools are listed below. On Wednesday (February 4), the College Board released the AP Report to the Nation , which showed that Georgia ranked 15th nationally in the percentage of 2008 high school seniors that had at least one AP exam with a score of 3 or more. For more about the AP Report to the Nation see the GaDOE press release Schools named in all three AP Honor School categories (School, district) - Davidson Magnet School, Richmond - DeKalb School of the Arts, DeKalb School named in two AP Honor School categories (School, district, categories) - Chamblee High School, DeKalb (access and merit) - Cross Keys High School, DeKalb (challenge and access) - Decatur High School, Decatur City (challenge and merit) - Johnson Magnet School, Richmond (challenge and access) - Montgomery County High, Montgomery (Challenge and access) - North Oconee High, Oconee (challenge and merit) - Savannah Arts Academy, Chatham (challenge and merit) - Thomasville High School, Thomasville City (challenge and access) AP CHALLENGE SCHOOLS: Schools with fewer than 900 students that are offering AP classes in all four academic areas Albany High School, Dougherty Avondale High School, DeKalb Bremen High School, Bremen City Buford High School, Buford City Calhoun High School, Calhoun City Cook County High School, Cook Cross Keys High School, DeKalb Davidson Magnet High School, Richmond Decatur High School, Decatur City DeKalb School of the Arts, DeKalb East Jackson High School, Jackson Greene County High School, Greene Johnson Magnet High School, Richmond Lincoln County High School, Lincoln McIntosh County Academy, McIntosh Montgomery County High, Montgomery North Oconee High School, Oconee Northeast High School, Bibb Putnam County High School, Putnam Rabun County High School, Rabun Savannah Arts Academy, Chatham Schley County Middle-High School, Schley Southeast Bulloch High School, Bulloch Temple High School, Carroll Thomasville High School, Thomasville City Vidalia Comprehensive High, Vidalia City AP ACCESS & SUPPORT SCHOOLS: Schools with 30% of AP Test Takers that are African-American or Hispanic and at least 30% of all AP Exams scoring 3 or higher Academy of Richmond County, Richmond Bacon County High School, Bacon Baldwin High School, Baldwin Berkmar High School, Gwinnett Bradwell Institute, Liberty Bryan County High School, Bryan Burke County High School, Burke Campbell High School, Cobb Central Gwinnett High School, Gwinnett Chamblee High School, DeKalb Chapel Hill High School, Douglas Clinch County High School, Clinch Cross Keys High School, DeKalb Dalton High School, Dalton City Davidson Magnet High School, Richmond DeKalb HS of Technology, North, DeKalb DeKalb School of the Arts, DeKalb Douglas County High School, Douglas Druid Hills High School, DeKalb Dublin High School, Dublin City Dutchtown High School, Henry Eagle’s Landing High School, Henry East Laurens High School, Laurens Emanuel County Institute, Emanuel Fayette County High School, Fayette Jenkins High School, Savannah-Chatham Jenkins County High School, Jenkins Johnson Magnet High School, Richmond Luella High School, Henry McEachern High School, Cobb Montgomery County High, Montgomery Randolph Clay High School, Randolph Rockdale County High School, Rockdale Salem High School, Rockdale Sandy Creek High School, Fayette Shaw High School, Muscogee Shiloh High School, Gwinnett South Gwinnett High School, Gwinnett Southwest DeKalb High School, DeKalb Tech High School, Atlanta Public Schools Thomasville High School, Thomasville City Woodland High School, Henry AP MERIT SCHOOLS: Schools with at least 20% of students taking AP exams and at least half of the AP exams scoring a 3 or higher Alpharetta High School, Fulton Brookwood High School, Gwinnett Centennial High School, Fulton Chamblee High School, DeKalb Chattahoochee High School, Fulton Columbus High School, Muscogee Davidson Magnet High School, Richmond Decatur High School, Decatur City DeKalb School of the Arts, DeKalb Duluth High School, Gwinnett Harrison High School, Cobb Lakeside High School, Columbia Lassiter High School, Cobb Milton High School, Fulton North Forsyth High School, Forsyth North Gwinnett High School, Gwinnett North Oconee High School, Oconee North Springs High School, Fulton Northview High School, Fulton Parkview High School, Gwinnett Riverwood High School, Fulton Roswell High School, Fulton Savannah Arts Academy, Chatham South Forsyth High School, Forsyth Starrs Mill High School, Fayette Walton High School, Cobb West Forsyth High School, Forsyth
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