Lists of schools named in each category are linked beneath the
“Categories” heading.
MEDIA
CONTACT: Meghan
Frick, mfrick@doe.k12.ga.us,
404-463-4246
February
8, 2019 – State
School Superintendent Richard Woods today named 230 Advanced Placement (AP)
Honor Schools for 2019.
“It’s
essential that we offer a robust set of opportunities to Georgia students, and
Advanced Placement is an important part of that,” State School Superintendent
Richard Woods. “I congratulate the educators and leaders who worked to create
strong AP programs in these 230 Georgia schools, ultimately connecting students
with high-level coursework and the opportunity to gain college credit.”
AP
exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP
courses are one of several ways Georgia students can access college-level
learning at the high-school level; students who receive a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP
exam may receive college credit. The 2019 AP Honor Schools are named in six
categories, based on the results of 2018 AP courses and exams. A list of
categories is below and a full list of schools in each category is linked in
the description.
The
Georgia Department of Education began recognizing AP Honor Schools in 2008.
This recognition began with three categories: AP Access and Support Schools; AP
Challenge Schools; and AP Merit Schools. AP STEM and AP STEM Achievement
categories were added in 2011, and the AP Humanities category was added in
2015.
Georgia’s
public-school class of 2018 is ranked
16th in the nation for the percentage of students scoring 3, 4, or 5 on at
least one AP exam during high school, and 13th in the nation for AP
participation.
Categories
AP
Access and Support Schools (64 named) [LINK]
Schools
with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as
African-American and/or Hispanic and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or
higher
AP
Challenge Schools (44 named) [LINK]
Schools
with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in four of the
core areas (English, math, science, and social studies)
AP
Humanities Schools (142 named) [LINK]
Schools
with students testing in the following AP courses: at least one English course,
two history/social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language
course
AP
Merit Schools (71 named) [LINK]
Schools
with at least 20% of the total student population taking AP exams and at least
50% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher
AP
STEM Schools (200 named) [LINK]
Schools
with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science
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)
AP
STEM Achievement Schools (128 named) [LINK]
Schools
with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science
courses and at least 40% of AP math and AP science exams earning scores of 3 or
higher