All 5 Houston County School District high schools named 2024 AP Honor Schools
All five of the Houston County School District's high schools have been named 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools by State Superintendent Richard Woods.
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – All five of the Houston County School District’s high schools have been named 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools by State Superintendent Richard Woods.
A school district news release says the selections are the based on results from the 2023 AP courses and exams. The district’s high schools were placed in six of eight categories.
AP Access and Support Schools – Houston County High and Warner Robins High
- Schools with 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 a score of 3 or higher. At least 25 exams must be administered.
AP Humanities – Houston County High
- Schools 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, with a minimum of 25 total exams administered.
AP Humanities Achievement Schools – Houston County High
- AP Humanities schools with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP Schools of Distinction – Houston County High and Veterans High
- 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 – Houston County High, Northside High, Perry High, Veterans High and Warner Robins High
- 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, and a minimum of 25 exams administered.
AP STEM Achievement Schools – Houston County High, Perry High and Veterans High
- AP STEM schools with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
“We are extremely proud of the hard work and commitment shown by our AP students and their teachers at each of our high schools,” Superintendent Dr. Mark Scott said. “The course work for AP classes is challenging and rigorous; however, it allows our students a glimpse into what colleges expect. It also helps them understand how to study, manage their time, and how they can begin preparing for college.”
The district says 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.
