All of the high schools in the Hall County School District have been named among the 2023 Georgia Advanced Placement Honor Schools by State School Superintendent Richard Woods.
Woods gave this honor to the district based on 2022 AP Exam test data.
According to a press release by Hall County Schools, 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 rigor at the high school level; students who receive a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam are eligible to receive college credit.
“The number of AP Honor Schools increased by more than 14%, which serves as a testament to our commitment to expand opportunities for Georgia students, including in advanced and accelerated coursework,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods, stated. “I sincerely congratulate each of this year’s AP Honor Schools on their achievement. Additionally, I thank each teacher, student, and school- and district-level administrator for their diligent work creating strong AP opportunities in these 273 Georgia schools.”
Several high schools are AP Honor Schools in more than one category, and all Hall County High Schools that administer AP exams are represented.
The Schools in each category are:
2023 AP ACCESS AND SUPPORT SCHOOLS: 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
- Chestatee High School
- East Hall High School
- Johnson High School
- West Hall High School
2023 AP SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION: 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
- Cherokee Bluff High School
- Flowery Branch High School
2023 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
- Chestatee High School
- West Hall High School
2023 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
- Flowery Branch High School
- West Hall High School
2023 AP HUMANITIES ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS: AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher
- Flowery Branch High School
- West Hall High School
2023 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)
- Cherokee Bluff High School
- Chestatee High School
- Flowery Branch High School
- North Hall High School
2023 AP STEM ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS: AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
- Cherokee Bluff High School
- Flowery Branch High School
- North Hall High School
