All six public high schools in East Cobb were included in multiple categories by the Georgia Department of Education in its Advanced Placement Honor Schools roll call for 2025.
State School Superintendent Richard Woods said 301 schools in 104 school districts were so honored, and they “exemplify our commitment to providing students with rigorous, high-quality educational opportunities that prepare them for success beyond high school.”
The 2025 AP Honor Schools are named in eight categories based on the results of 2024 AP courses and exams.
AP exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT.
All six high schools—Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler—were included in the Humanities Achievement, STEM and STEM Achievement categories.
The descriptions of each category below comes from Georgia DOE; the East Cobb schools honored in that category are noted in parenthesis.
AP Access and Support Schools (Kell, Sprayberry)
Schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic (minimum of 16 students) and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher. At least 25 exams must be administered.
AP schools with 25% growth in AP student participation from May 2023 to May 2024 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2023.
AP Humanities Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)
Schools that administered at least five exams in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two social studies courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course, and a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
AP Humanities Achievement Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)
AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50% 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% 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 (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)
Schools that administered at least 5 exams in each of four separate AP STEM courses (math, science, and computer science) and a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
AP STEM Achievement Schools (Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler)
AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
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