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All Hall County high schools, Gainesville High, others in region earn AP honors from state

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 11:59AM on Tuesday 28th February 2017 ( 7 years ago )

The Georgia Department of Education on Monday announced that 674 high schools had earned designations as Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2017. A number of schools in North Georgia - including all Hall County high schools and Gainesville High School - received honors in one or more categories. 

“The number of our schools and students succeeding in the college-level learning offered by Advanced Placement continues to increase,” Superintendent Richards Woods said in a press statement. 

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 for the classes.

The 2017 AP Honor Schools are named in six categories, based on the results of 2016 AP courses and exams.

[Editor's note: Schools with an asterisk * have received awards in multiple categories.]

AP Challenge Schools are schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in four of the core areas (English, math, science, and social studies). A total of 59 schools earned the designation of AP Challenge School, including the following in North Georgia:

AP Access and Support Schools are 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​. A total of 65 schools earned the designation of AP Access and Support School, including the following in North Georgia:

AP Merit Schools are 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. A total of 65 schools earned the designation of AP Merit School, including the following in North Georgia. 

AP Stem Schools are 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). A total of 204 earned the designation of AP Stem School, including the following in North Georgia:

AP STEM Achievement Schools are schools with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses and at least 40 percent of exam scores on AP math and science exams earning scores of 3 or higher. A total of 128 schools earned the designation of AP STEM Achievement School, including the following in North Georgia:

AP Humanities Schools are schools with students testing in the following AP courses: at least one ELA course, two social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course.​ A total of 149 schools earned the designation of AP Humanities School, including the following in North Georgia:

To find a full listing of all Georgia schools earning AP Honors for 2017, follow this link. 

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