All six public high schools in East Cobb were honored in several categories Tuesday by the Georgia Department of Education as Superintendent Richard Wood designated AP Honor Schools across the state.
A total of 276 designations in 99 high schools were announced in eight categories, reflecting student achievement in Advanced Placement coursework and testing in 2023.
According to a release, “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. GaDOE began recognizing AP Honor Schools in 2008.”
Kell, Pope, Lassiter, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler were all included in the state’s list of AP STEM schools, which have “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, and a minimum of 25 exams administered.”
Pope, Lassiter, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler were also named AP STEM Achievement Schools, with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
Kell, Lassiter, Sprayberry and Walton were named AP Humanities Schools, those “with at least five exams administered 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” as well as AP Humanities Achievement Schools, with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
Pope, Lassiter, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler were named AP Schools of Distinction, those having 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.
Sprayberry was included as an AP Access and Support School, which has at least 30 percent of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic (minimum of 16 students) and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher (minimum 25 exams).
