East Cobb high schools earn AP honors from Ga. education dept.

East Cobb high schools AP honors — *Kell High School was among the East Cobb schools earning AP honors in the humanities and STEM programs.*

All six high schools in East Cobb have been named Advanced Placement Honor Schools by Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods.

They are among 273 high schools in 97 districts from across the state, and the honors are based on eight categories from the results of 2022 AP courses and exams, according to a Georgia Department of Education release.

“The number of AP Honor Schools increased by more than 14 percent, which serves as a testament to our commitment to expand opportunities for Georgia students, including in advanced and accelerated coursework,” Woods said in the release. “I sincerely congratulate each of this year’s AP Honor Schools on their achievement.

The Georgia DOE has listed below the categories and descriptions; we’ve included the East Cobb high school name in bold:

AP Access and Support Schools (Sprayberry)

Schools with at least 30 percent of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

AP Challenge Schools

Schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in English, math, science, and social studies.

AP Expansion Schools

AP schools with 25 percent growth in AP student participation from May 2021 to May 2022 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2020.

AP Humanities Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)

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.

AP Humanities Achievement Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)

AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

AP Schools of Distinction (Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)

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.

AP STEM Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)

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)

AP STEM Achievement Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)

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

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